Donald Trump will be only the second U.S. president after Grover Cleveland to serve two nonconsecutive terms after he takes the oath of office Monday.
One of the executive orders, which will target birthright citizenship, is sure to spark a legal battle over the 14th Amendment.
President Joe Biden announced on Friday that he considers the Equal Rights Amendment to have been ratified. His statement “affirm[ed] what I believe and what three-fourths of the states have ratified: the 28th Amendment is the law of the land,
The planned orders include declaring a national emergency to deploy military personnel to the border, suspending refugee resettlement and ending birthright citizenship.
President Biden says he believes the amendment has met the requirements to be enshrined in the Constitution. Its history has been long and complex.
The incoming president plans to take at least 10 actions related to the border or immigration, including ramping up deportations and suspending refugee resettlement.
With the date of presidential inaugurations and Martin Luther King Jr. Day both set by law, the two have - and will - keep overlapping.
Did Florida ever ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, the 1972 amendment that declared women equal under the law?
President Joe Biden has weighed in on the decades-long Equal Rights Amendment debate, but does his statement hold any weight? Experts say no.
Donald Trump will sign a bevy of immigration-related executive orders, many of which fulfill promises Trump made on the campaign trail. First, Donald Trump will declare a national emergency declaration for the southern border that will allow the federal government to unlock resources from the Department of Defense to secure the Southern Border.
Following his inauguration, Trump will issue “day one” orders. Immigrants, transgender Americans, the climate, the Constitution are in the crosshairs.
Trump wants to reinterpret the phrasing of the 14th Amendment to mean that the federal government would not recognize automatic birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents without legal status.