In the first—but surely not the last—court order temporarily blocking President Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, Reagan-appointed Judge John Coughenour said he could ...

And I can’t imagine what the legal argument for that would be.” Whatever Judge Ho’s current position, the conclusion of his 2016 article may turn out to be prescient. “Stay tuned,” he wrote. “Dred ...

The 14th Amendment overturned the 1857 decision that denied citizenship to Black people. Scholars say President Trump’s proposal betrays that history. By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington ...