Birthright citizenship — the idea that every person born in the U.S. is an American citizen — is spelled out in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.

OLYMPIA – Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown has filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order issued Monday to end birthright citizenship. The action, announced on day two of Trump’s new term, puts Washington state again at the forefront for challenging Trump’s initiatives.

Washington’s attorney general, along with three other states, sued the Trump administration Tuesday over the president’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. Attorney General Nick Brown’s lawsuit in U.