The 14th Amendment has long been understood to grant American citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil.

The second way to propose an amendment is by two-thirds “…of the several States,” which “…call a Convention for proposing Amendments….” The first process is by far the more popular.

After a federal court ruled that President Donald Trump’s order seeking to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, ...

The first 10 amendments are commonly referred to as the Bill of Rights, and the remaining 17 deal with everything from who can vote, to whether or not senators can give themselves a raise.

United States (1973), the Supreme Court ruled that a history of the Vietnam War known as the “Pentagon Papers” did not reveal critical information that would endanger lives in battle.

Paramount to this identity is the principle of jus soli, or birthright citizenship, established in the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. 14th Amendment protects birthright citizenship ...

Nonetheless, only twenty-seven amendments have ever been ratified, giving the United States one of the lowest amendment rates in the world. The rest are “discards,” amendments that failed.

Our Bill of Rights, the first 10 Amendments to the 1787 US Constitution, was ratified on Dec.15, 1791. The First and Second Amendments were tio priority for our Founders.