As the purpose and meaning of the 14th Amendment are once again debated, it’s well worth learning more about one of its primary authors: George S. Boutwell.

President, Donald Trump took his controversial bid to end birthright citizenship in the US to the Supreme Court ...

On Thursday, Trump's administration filed an appeal with the Supreme Court seeking to enforce his executive order aimed at ending the controversial practice of birthright citizenship. For too long, ...

The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 gives the president wartime powers to deport undocumented immigrants with little to no due ...

Judges in Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington have issued nationwide orders blocking President Donald Trump’s executive ...

President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court in a series of emergency appeals Thursday to allow him to ...

President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to limit three lower court rulings that blocked his executive order ...

President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to prop up a January executive order ending birthright citizenship in the ...

The emergency appeal comes in the battle over birthright citizenship — but it could have ripple effects in cases challenging ...

The high court is asked to limit nationwide injunctions that blocked the president’s bid to restrict who is entitled to ...

President Donald Trump's Justice Department has asked the justices to largely reinstate his executive order ending birthright ...

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow restrictions on birthright citizenship to partly take effect ...