Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump Birthright Citizenship Order in 6-3 Ruling

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Trump v. Barbara that the Fourteenth Amendment's Citizenship Clause guarantees birthright citizenship to children born in the United States to parents who are undocumented or present on temporary status, striking down Trump's January 2025 executive order 12. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, joined by Justice Amy Coney Barrett and the court's three liberal justices, finding "scant evidence" for the administration's reading of the clause and citing the 1898 Wong Kim Ark precedent 34. Justice Brett Kavanaugh concurred in the judgment on statutory grounds, citing a 1940 federal law, rather than on constitutional grounds 4. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented 13. Trump, posting on Truth Social, said the ruling was "too bad for our Country" and called on Congress to pass legislation against birthright citizenship 45; ACLU National Legal Director Cecillia Wang, who argued the case, called the decision a reaffirmation that "a president cannot change the Constitution by executive fiat" 3.