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, ...

Within hours of taking office Jan. 20, President Donald Trump signed executive orders on a wide range of immigration, border ...

The authors say that the inclusion of birthright citizenship in the Constitution in 1868 has ramifications that apply in today's debate in Congress.

The state is home to nearly 14,000 civilian federal employees, from nuclear weapons researchers to park rangers to social ...

The Trump administration's efforts to swiftly remake the federal government notched some big wins in court this week — ...

Democratic states have worked for months to craft legal opposition to President Trump’s agenda. Now they’re putting it into ...

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 ...

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