Richard Epstein replies to William Galston—part two.

By its own terms, the 14th Amendment applies to “all persons” born in the United States, disqualifying no one by parentage.

The U.S.-born children of unlawfully imported former slaves received citizenship in 1868.

Trump's executive order deviates entirely from the historical meaning of the 14th amendment. This amendment, a product of the ...

Both the Supreme Court and Congress have allowed the plain language of the amendment to go unchallenged since the court’s ...

President Trump’s Executive Order 14160, which aims to strip citizenship from children born on U.S. soil to parents who did ...

Our political class is aflame, and our lawyer-ocracy is up in arms over President Trump’s executive order limiting the scope ...

This article was updated on Feb. 6 at 2:04 p.m. Shortly after being sworn into office on Jan. 20 for a second term, President ...

Just hours after taking the oath of office, President Trump issued an executive order to end automatic birthright citizenship ...

Civics is currently included in the national curriculum but the states and territories, and individual schools, have a large ...

The Trump loyalist discussed his position that ending birthright citizenship is the “right” interpretation of the ...