Fourteenth Amendment-mandated birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens is, at best, a live and unsettled legal debate.

The federal government won, and in 1866, the Senate began deliberations on an amendment to overrule ... we have today was proposed by Sen. Jacob Howard, who wanted to add a clause “simply ...

In the post-Civil War Republican-dominated Congress, the 14th Amendment was intended to constitutionalize the Civil Rights Act of 1866 ... Similarly, Sen. Jacob Howard (R-Mich.), ...

Vermont-born Michigan Senator Jacob “Honest Jake” Howard said the amendment ... part of the political campaign of 1866.” After Congress sent the amendment to the states for ratification ...

Jacob Howard (R-Mich ... In other words, the 14th Amendment formalized the Civil Rights Act of 1866. And the relevant portion of that law reads: "All persons born in the United States and ...

President Donald Trump’s recent executive order attacking birthright citizenship has reinvigorated the debate surrounding the ...

The majority of the American political and legal establishment argues that the 14th Amendment is clear ... The author of the citizenship clause, Senator Jacob Howard of Michigan, likewise explained ...

In the post-Civil War Republican-dominated Congress, the 14th Amendment was intended to constitutionalize the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which had passed two ... Similarly, Sen. Jacob Howard (R-Mich.), ...

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