The dispute centered on whether a president can reinterpret the Constitution’s guarantee of birthright citizenship.

The Supreme Court upheld the right of children born on U.S. soil to automatic American citizenship. In so doing, the court rejected President Trump's most aggressive attempt to limit immigration.

Several prominent elected Republicans with law backgrounds on Tuesday broke with President Trump on the Supreme Court’s ruling over birthright citizenship, arguing that a constitutional amendment would have to be passed to change this method of obtaining citizenship.

A U.S. Supreme Court decision centered on the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause means families do not need to worry about the citizenship status of children b

Supporters of court ruling, including Democrats and civil rights groups, call it one of the most important modern affirmations of birthright citizenship. Critics, including many Republicans and immigration hardliners,

Can any serious legal scholar argue with a straight face that the authors of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution intended for almost anyone born on U.S. soil to automatically gain U.S. citizenship?

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson accused Clarence Thomas of echoing Dred Scott by opposing the birthright citizenship ruling under the 14th Amendment.