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Birthright Citizenship
January 23, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Judge Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order in First Legal Blow
A federal judge has ripped Donald Trump over what he called a “blatantly unconstitutional” executive order.
January 22, 2025
Matt Ford
Trump Tests the High Court’s Resolve With Birthright Citizenship Order
The president’s latest salvo against the Constitution shouldn’t survive the judiciary’s scrutiny. But these days, you never know.
January 21, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Sued After Kicking Off Constitutional Crisis on Citizenship
Donald Trump has been hit with multiple lawsuits after his executive order on birthright citizenship.
January 20, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Will Sign Alarming Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship
Donald Trump is planning to kick off a legal battle on the 14th Amendment on Inauguration Day.
January 20, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Will Sign Flood of Sweeping Executive Orders on Inauguration Day
Donald Trump is expected to use his inauguration to sign dozens of orders covering immigration, climate, and more.
January 15, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump’s A.G. Pick Adds Huge Asterisk to Birthright Citizenship
Pam Bondi, Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, isn’t too pressed about defending the Fourteenth Amendment.
January 11, 2025
Jason Linkins
The MAGA Right’s Plan to Destroy the Fourteenth Amendment
It’s the part of the Constitution that guarantees all Americans something Republicans despise: equal protection under the law.
January 8, 2025
Susan Rinkunas
The GOP Is Rewriting What It Means to Be a Person
The far right is weaponizing a doctrine that granted rights and liberties in order to snuff out the citizenship of anyone who isn’t a white man.
November 20, 2024
Matt Ford
Trump Is Gunning for Birthright Citizenship—and Testing the High Court
The president-elect has targeted the Fourteenth Amendment’s citizenship protections for deletion. The Supreme Court might grant his wish.
March 23, 2020
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Saul Elbein
The Un-American
Hoda Muthana left the U.S. to join ISIS. Now she wants to return home to stand trial, but the Trump administration won’t let her. She is a test case for the future of birthright citizenship.
October 31, 2018
Matt Ford
Trump has a shoddy grasp of the Constitution.
August 21, 2015
Brian Beutler
The GOP's Crazy Birthright Citizenship Debate Could Have Real Consequences
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