The Citizen Clause, under the14th Amendmentto the Constitution, states that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." Congress passed the 14th Amendment in 1866, durin...
and the present West Side School rose on Laurel Hollow Road in Syosset. So, in December 1941, the school district sold Second West Side School to Theophil Laanes, an Estonian-born naturalized-citizen chemist and research assistant at the Carnegie Institute...
At any rate, when the French protest, they really protest. President Emmanuel Macron skirted Parliament to make what is probably a very reasonable change to their retirement system, increasing the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64. The Frenchwent ballistic. The Eiffel Tower and the Louvre clo...
New legislation for tariffs narrowly passed in the Senate and was signed into law on June 17 by President Herbert Hoover despite a petition to veto with more than 1,000 signatures of economists. The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act known formally as the Tariff Act of 1930 was created to protect U.S...
Francis Scott Key wrote The Star-Spangled Banner in 1814 after witnessing a British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Maryland during the War of 1812. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed an executive order designating it as the national anthem. An act formally making it so was passed by Cong...
Francis Scott Key wrote The Star-Spangled Banner in 1814 after witnessing a British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Maryland during the War of 1812. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed an executive order designating it as the national anthem. An act formally making it so was passed...
After a series of bombings on schools and churches in the South, President Eisenhower decided it was time for further civil rights legislation in America. Another Civil Rights Act created the Civil Rights Commission and introduced penalties for attempts to obstruct a citizen from registering to vote...
Long before navigation systems would notify you, people went on social media, or even called someone who was on the same route to warn them to slow down so you don't get a ticket. Now, it's just as easy as clicking on the screen to report one, or verify if one is still in pla...
Dear Mr. President: I am a concerned, compassionate American citizen who is willing to volunteer to personally help an illegal immigrant child. I agree to house and take total responsibility for that child for as long as it takes until such time that the child has grown and become a product...
Unlike some countries, the U.S. does not require a parent to be a citizen for a child born on U.S. soil to become a citizen. It's automatic. Full list of countries with birthright citizenship More than 30 countries have birthright citizenship, according to the Central Intelligence Agency'...