Last week, recipients of USAID grants filed lawsuits in response. They say only Congress can decide to fund, or not to fund, ...

The 14th Amendment was passed by the U.S. Senate in 1866 and ratified two years later by 28 of the 37 states at that time, ...

President Donald Trump's executive order to ban birthright citizenship is unconstitutional. Immigration must be handled ...

Trump’s citizenship order is best understood as a symbolic stand against the “invasion” he perceives when people enter this ...

The question asserts itself as he starts, however understandable his reasons, moving against departments that Congress ...

Even the conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation, in a 2022 report on the meaning of “invasion” in the Constitution, concluded that “the unlawful entry of people into the United States ...

The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed in 1866 ... could never become citizens of the United States. The very ...

Professors and university officials sue to block Trump's anti-DEI orders, arguing they exceed executive authority, threaten ...

Expert Blake Emerson discusses the legal ramifications of Elon Musk and the Trump administration's recent economic moves.

The Framers understood that part of human nature is to amass, entrench and ultimately abuse power, so there must be ...

Many undocumented individuals are wondering what rights they have living in the United States as policy changes are leading to more fears over deportation.

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