The Supreme Court has just deal the expected blow to President Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order, striking it down and proclaiming that:
“Children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States and are citizens at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause.”
The vote was 5-4, with Thomas, Gorsuch and Alito dissenting. Kavanaugh concurred in part and dissented in part.
Here’s the news:
The court strikes down President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, holding that children born in the U.S. to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are “subject to the jurisdiction” of the U.S. and are citizens at birth.https://t.co/8hK8MQrNWN
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 30, 2026
Justice Kavanaugh filed an opinion concurring in the judgment and dissenting in part. Justice Thomas wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justice Gorsuch. Justices Gorsuch and Alito also wrote dissenting opinions.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 30, 2026
Here’s the opinion:
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