Is Trump’s Plan to End Birthright Citizenship ‘Dred Scott II’?

Is Trump’s Plan to End Birthright Citizenship ‘Dred Scott II’?

Follow live updates on the Trump administration here. Thirty years ago, Congress considered a bill much like President Trump’s recent executive order on birthright citizenship. It sought to deny automatic citizenship to children born in the United States to parents who were not legal residents. Such bills have been introduced from time to time, and … Read more

Trump Tests the Boundaries of the Presidency

Trump Tests the Boundaries of the Presidency

On his first full day back in the White House, President Trump reveled in his return to power and vowed to do what no president had ever done before. “We’re going to do things that people will be shocked at,” he declared. Of all the thousands of words that Mr. Trump uttered during his fact-challenged, … Read more