Our political class is aflame, and our lawyer-ocracy is up in arms over President Trump’s executive order limiting the scope of “birthright” (or “soil-based”) citizenship to children of permanent ...

Alexander Hamilton saw it coming. In the Federalist Papers, he described the judiciary as a feeble branch of government, ...

Trump's executive order deviates entirely from the historical meaning of the 14th amendment. This amendment, a product of the ...

This article was updated on Feb. 6 at 2:04 p.m. Shortly after being sworn into office on Jan. 20 for a second term, President ...

I write to add additional commentary to Oliver Niehaus’ column (“Case Against Birthright Citizenship is Stronger Than You Think,” The Oberlin Review, Feb. 14, 2025). I don’t doubt for a second that a ...

On Thursday, a panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers much of the western United States, upheld an injunction from a Seattle judge blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order to ...

The authors write "Though the ideal of rule of law can be differently understood, broad agreement exists about its basic ...

On his first day back in office, Mr. Trump signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship. Under the order, the ...

• The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration’s emergency request to enforce an executive order limiting birthright citizenship. • Trump’s order, issued on his second day back ...

Washington state’s attempt to block the Trump administration’s plan to restrict birthright citizenship could soon be headed ...

A federal appeals court has denied the Trump administration's request to pause a district court ruling that blocked the ...