Former President Trump reignited the debate over birthright citizenship with a proposal that could challenge the 14th Amendment. This video explains what it means and why it matters.

“In some ways, the 14th Amendment is the original articulation that Black lives matter,” says Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law. On ...

Following its ratification by the necessary three-quarters of U.S. states, the 14th Amendment, granting citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including formerly enslaved ...

Discover the significance of the 14th Amendment, its impact on civil rights, and why it remains relevant in the fight for ...

The right, enshrined in the 14th Amendment following the Civil War, automatically makes anyone born in the country an American citizen — which the Trump administration seeks to end.

Trump’s order targeting the Constitution’s 14th Amendment was hit with several legal challenges by Democratic attorneys general and was blocked by a federal judge Thursday afternoon.

President Donald Trump is attempting to exclude from the 14th Amendment children born in the United States to parents who might become citizens and who are not diplomats, those who might legally ...

And in fact, you know, the 14th Amendment touches the life of every single person in this country, and they don't realize it. And birthright citizenship is just one of those ways.