The U.S. Supreme Court's decision allowing states to ban abortion immediately stirred alarm Friday among LGBTQ advocates, who feared that the ruling could someday allow a rollback of legal protections ...

EXECUTIVE ORDER IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. WITHIN HOURS OF TAKING THE OATH OF OFFICE, PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WOULD END BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP. WHILE IT WAS A CAMPAIGN PROMISE, CAL ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified to the U.S. Constitution, granting U.S. citizenship to Black Americans after ...

NBC News’ Zinhle Essamuah speaks with legal experts on the history of birthright citizenship outlined in the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. An earlier version of this story incorrectly ...

The three post–Civil War constitutional amendments offered the United States a second, more democratic founding. Preserving this framework is essential. It became clear to me that the framers ...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order ending birthright citizenship for certain children born in the U.S. "On a prospective basis, the federal government will not recognize automatic ...

On July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified to the U.S. Constitution, granting U.S. citizenship to Black Americans after hundreds of years of enslavement. The crucial amendment would later serve ...