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Supreme Court Rejects Trump Birthright Citizenship Order

7/3/2026

Summary

Story summary

President Donald Trump attended Supreme Court oral arguments on the birthright citizenship case in April, and the Court later struck down his executive order limiting birthright citizenship as unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment.
Chief Justice John Roberts authored the majority opinion, while Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch dissented.
President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social urging Congress to end birthright citizenship without a constitutional amendment.

History

Historical Context

The Fourteenth Amendment of 1868 overturned Dred Scott and, in United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898), affirmed that children born on U.S. soil to alien parents are citizens. President Trump’s 2025 Executive Order 14160 sought to end that right for roughly 250,000 annually born children, but the Supreme Court upheld Wong Kim Ark in the 6-3 June 30 2026 decision, preserving birthright citizenship.

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Story summary

President Donald Trump attended Supreme Court oral arguments on the birthright citizenship case in April, and the Court later struck down his executive order limiting birthright citizenship as unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment.
Chief Justice John Roberts authored the majority opinion, while Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch dissented.
President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social urging Congress to end birthright citizenship without a constitutional amendment.

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