NA The Supreme Court's controversial 5-4 ruling in Kelo v. City of New London (2005), held that private "economic development ...

In the United States, due process is meant to safeguard against government overreach. The clause states that no state may ...

In the United States, due process is meant to safeguard against government overreach. The clause states that no state may deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of the ...

Despite what some legal scholars are claiming, the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment does not extend citizenship to children born in the United States whose parents are illegal aliens, or for ...

A historical review shows lawmakers without certain familial records went unchallenged as citizens when the 14th Amendment was adopted. The finding appeared to undercut the president’s claims on ...

Our journalism is only possible with support from you, our readers. The news mainstream media just doesn’t cover. Racial justice journalism since 1909. The “birther movement,” launched in 2008 and ...

As a general rule, babies born in the United States of America are citizens of the United States of America. There isn’t any question about that. It’s in the Constitution, 14th Amendment: “All persons ...

WASHINGTON — Teeing up a blockbuster ruling, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide the lawfulness of President Donald Trump’s contentious plan to roll back automatic birthright citizenship for ...

If you look at some of the most significant Supreme Court cases on cultural issues coming out in the last three terms, where have they come from?” the attorney quizzed the crowd of activists, ...

ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. Although grand juries are required by the Fifth Amendment to charge serious ...

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