President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right enshrined in the 14th Amendment. We asked two experts in constitutional and immigration law to walk us through what the amendment says,
Trump wants a Constitution that, among other things, allows him to refuse to spend congressional appropriations and as we’ve discussed, unilaterally deny citizenship to certain people born in the United States, against the clear direction of the Constitution.
Could the end of birthright citizenship — or a third Trump term — actually happen? The post What Does It Take To Amend The Constitution? It’s A *Process* first appeared on Her Campus.
Last Friday, former President Biden declared the Equal Rights Amendment "the law of the land" - so why has it failed to become the nation's 28th constitutional amendment.
President Joe Biden announced on Friday that he considers the Equal Rights Amendment to have been ratified. His statement “affirm[ed] what I believe and what three-fourths of the states have ratified: the 28th Amendment is the law of the land,
Donald Trump yesterday took an oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States” and then promptly broke that oath by seeking to revoke the first sentence of
Iowa is among 26 states that does not have a process that allows citizens an opportunity to begin the process of amending the state constitution; that process currently is started by state lawmakers.
"Philadelphians will not be bullied or victimized by illegal activity against our residents from any source," District Attorney Larry Krasner said in a news release.
As a U.S.-focused human rights and civil liberties organization, the ACLU takes no position on the ICC’s arrest warrants, but we are deeply concerned that the impact of sanctions would violate the Constitution and undermine the independence of the court.
Federal judge blocks Trump's executive order, protecting citizenship for children of undocumented parents, citing its unconstitutionality and impact on Black migrants.
Corruption and the Decline of Rome,” by a Yale professor of classics and history, seemed a promising way to pick up some tips about America today. But naw. It’s just the same.
Can a charter school be religious? The Supreme Court decision about St. Isidore, a Catholic school in Oklahoma, could redraw lines around church and state in education.