Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas offered this opportunity for Solicitor General John Sauer to explain how the 14th ...

Updated on April 1 at 10:10 p.m. On Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would end birthright ...

The Birthright Clause did not invent a new idea: it constitutionalized an old one.

Justices appear sceptical of the order, but could rule narrowly, leaving room for the debate to return through US Congress.

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 ...