Did anyone expect a different outcome in Donald Trump’s attempt to redefine birthright citizenship by executive order? Really?
The Supreme Court finished its term with a 6-3 decision authored by Chief Justice John Roberts that essentially reaffirms the text of the Fourteenth Amendment as well as the court’s 1898 decision in Wong Kim Ark. Roberts starts off by noting that both of these precedents were firmly based in English common law, and that the text of the Fourteenth Amendment nearly lifts that from history. Birth under the jurisdiction of the United States grants citizenship, Robert writes (from the summary):
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