Supreme Court leeject King Trumpet attempt to end Brith right citizenship, samster steam?

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Supreme Court rejects Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship​

In a 6-3 decision, the court held that the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to "every free-born person in this land."​

Mike Bebernes, Dylan Stableford
Updated Wed, 1 July 2026 at 12:43 AM SGT
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Demonstrators rally in support of birthright citizenship outside the Supreme Court on April 1.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected President Trump's effort to end birthright citizenship, ruling that he does not have the power to unilaterally overturn the long-standing constitutional principle that guarantees citizenship to just about all children born in the United States.

The 6-3 decision was the last one issued on the final day of the court's term. Three conservatives — Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh — joined liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson in denying Trump's proposed limits.

Five of the justices in the majority held that the 14th Amendment, adopted after the Civil War, is settled law.

 

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"Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights — to freely participate in our political community," Roberts wrote in the 26-page majority opinion. "The Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment extended that promise to 'every free-born person in this land.' … We keep that promise today."


In his own, separate opinion, Kavanaugh argued that Trump's executive order attempting to limit the scope of birthright citizenship did not violate the 14th Amendment but was still invalid because it violated an existing federal statute. Under Kavanaugh's reasoning, Congress could pass a new law that would make Trump's order legal.

Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito dissented.

In his 91-page dissent, Thomas said that the majority opinion "devalues" American citizenship by recognizing a constitutional right to it for "the children of all foreign birth tourists and illegal aliens."

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Actually got alot of work arounds...just declare end of family reunion visas....so eliminates the anchor baby phenomenon...

 

[syed putra]

Still plenty of space in US for another 600 million. You want to compete with China, you better start multiplying.