ratified

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The citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868 after the Civil War, begins: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

It will have to be ratified by both the UK and European Parliaments.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Benjamin was also granted deportation protection under the Convention Against Torture, a legally binding international treaty that has been ratified by Washington.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

While hardly an earthshaking question, it had symbolic significance because of the obsessive American suspicion of monarchy, which haunted all conversations about the powers of the presidency under the recently ratified Constitution.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis