Under U.S. law, a child born under such circumstances is an American citizen from birth, but whether such a person satisfies the Constitutional requirement that the president be a “natural born” citizen of the United States is a contested point with few legal precedents and little legislative history to provide guidance. [read post]

Army Corps of Engineers violated federal environmental laws by failing to give the public enough of a say before issuing permits for mountaintop removal coal mines in West Virginia, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. [read post]