The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is one of the most important and most frequently cited amendments in American jurisprudence, and its applicability, as well as its definition, have been shaped by a number of landmark cases. Ratified in 1868, after the conclusion of the Civil War, the Fourteenth Amendment grants citizenship to every […]
What Is The Bill Of Rights? Bill Of Rights Definition
The Bill of Rights is comprised of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. These amendments are a series of rights and protections of the people. Many were written in response to actual or perceived injustices inflicted on the colonists by the English government. The amendments continue to guide American politics. It’s important […]
Republican Views On Birthright Citizenship
In late October 2018, President Donald Trump announced that he is preparing an executive order with the intention of nullifying the long-accepted constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship in the United States. “We’re the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of […]