Even a somewhat informed observer might wonder why President Donald Trump and the Republicans, who control all three branches ...

The right and the left don’t agree on how they’d like to change the Constitution, but they do agree that changes need to be made.

Of the Civil War Amendments, the Fourteenth Amendment had the most far-reaching effect on the meaning of the Constitution. It conferred both national and state citizenship upon birth, thereby ...

The DOJ is appealing a district court's order directing the government to "immediately" restore large swathes of federal ...

Donald Trump’s executive order purporting to end birthright citizenship is an attempt to reverse one outcome of the Civil War ...

Here's a guide to what birthright citizenship is, what happens if Trump's order ends it, and what comes next after lawsuits ...

In fact, when asked if the clause would “have the effect of naturalizing the children ... of Mongolian parents shall be declared by the Constitution of the United States to be entitled to ...

The only limits mentioned in the Constitution are that pardons are ... A pardon, however, completely wipes out the legal effects of a conviction. A pardon can be issued from the time an offense ...

Some legal scholars argue that the amendment was properly ratified, but for Biden to definitively say it’s "the law of the land" ignores precedent and the reality that no federal government entity has ...

But he stopped short of instructing the archivist to add the amendment to the Constitution, making it unclear what effect the outgoing president’s statement will have and likely inviting legal ...