The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump’s 2025 executive order limiting birthright citizenship should be struck down.
Chief Justice Roberts authored the majority opinion, joined by Barrett and the three liberal justices, that it violated the 14th Amendment with Kavanaugh concurring on statutory grounds.
The decision reaffirms that children born in the U.S. to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are citizens under the Citizenship Clause.
Three conservative justices dissented, arguing the 14th Amendment was never intended to cover children of illegal immigrants or temporary visitors.
The ruling represents a major defeat for Trump, who vowed to pursue legislative action to restrict birthright citizenship.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship, ruling 6-3 that the directive violated the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause in a landmark decision that reaffirmed a core American principle: anyone born on U.S. soil is a citizen.
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