“An executive order is a way the president makes policy without Congress,” Dr. Potter said. “It is a written directive from the president to the executive branch workers, telling them how the ...

The debate today depends on whether, in 1868, foreigners were considered 'subject to the jurisdiction' of the United States.

But beyond the immediate policy impacts, there is a broader and more troubling pattern emerging: a flagrant challenge to the ...

A constitutional law professor weighs in on the legal battles sparked by President Donald Trump’s controversial executive ...

Local governments and law enforcement agencies could also face financial retribution for not protecting monuments, statues and memorials from vandalism under Trump’s executive order. Trump’s ...

A federal judge in Maryland has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against President Trump's executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship.

Since Donald Trump returned to the presidency, transgender people have become the target of bullying, derision and erasure.

as executive orders are. Additionally, presidents are not required to provide the legal authority behind the memorandum. According to Georgetown Law, presidential proclamations are simply ...

LGBT activists and groups are already mobilizing to block gender-related executive orders President Donald ... GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law), said in a statement about the trans ...

President Trump has signed more executive orders in his first couple of weeks as president than any recent president has in ...

United States President Donald Trump has signed a record 26 executive ... order suspends this law for 75 days. What the order means: The order says it seeks to ensure that federal officials do not ...