Supreme Court rejects Trump order, upholds birthright citizenship amid split
The U. S. Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship, affirming that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees citizenship to anyone born on American soil. The 6-3 ruling, reported by BBC, The New York Times and Al Jazeera, held that the order violated the Constitution.
Dissenting justices, noted by CNN, suggested that Congress could address the issue, and Justice Brett Kavanaugh, cited by Fox News, outlined a legislative path for Congress to modify the rule. The Bulwark later reported that the decision was characterized as a 5-4 split, revealing differing views among conservative originalist judges on applying the amendment to children of illegal immigrants. Following the ruling, President Trump announced plans to seek a rehearing, according to Al Jazeera. The Los Angeles Times highlighted the internal disagreement among the justices.
