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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 March 2025. First sentence of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Citizenship Clause is the first sentence of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which was adopted on July 9, 1868, which states: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and ...
The citizenship clause is arguably the strongest expression of an anti-caste principle to be found in the American legal system. Sadly, it is also a perennial target.
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 ...
The amendment states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
The executive order aims to challenge the previously prevailing interpretation of the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, in order to end birthright citizenship in the United States for children of unauthorized immigrants as well as immigrants legally but temporarily present in the U.S., such as those on ...
The United States Constitution and its amendments comprise hundreds of clauses which outline the functioning of the United States Federal Government, the political relationship between the states and the national government, and affect how the United States federal court system interprets the law. When a particular clause becomes an important ...
Arguing that “birth in the United States does not by itself entitle a person to citizenship, the person must also be ‘subject to the jurisdiction’ of the United States.” It raised a case from 1884 that found members of Indian tribes “are not ‘subject to the jurisdiction’ of the United States and are not constitutionally entitled ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 February 2025. Clause of the US Constitution specifying natural born US citizenship to run for President Status as a natural-born citizen of the United States is one of the eligibility requirements established in the United States Constitution for holding the office of president or vice president. This ...