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 ...

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 ...

At moments of political anxiety, Americans challenge first principles. Few are more foundational or more misunderstood than birthright citizenship. The text of the 14th Amendment is plain: “All ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday, May 15 over President Donald Trump's bid to follow through with an executive order that would restrict birthright citizenship in the first broad ...

U.S. Supreme Court Building Credit: Joe Ravi, CC BY-SA 3.0 Rights groups in Arkansas see the potential end of birthright citizenship as yet another attack on immigrants by the Trump administration.