The United States Supreme Court overturned an executive order by President Donald Trump on Tuesday, ruling that children born on U.
S. soil to undocumented or temporary immigrant parents are automatically American citizens.
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Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the 5-4 majority opinion, joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Amy Coney Barrett.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh concurred with the judgment but dissented in part.
The conservative-majority court relied on the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to reject the administration's restrictions, which lower courts had previously blocked from taking effect.
"Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights – to freely participate in our political community," wrote Chief Justice John Roberts.
The ruling emphasized that historical constitutional frameworks protect individuals born within the nation's borders.
"The Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment extended that promise to 'every free-born person in this land,'" Roberts noted.
President Donald Trump criticized the judicial rebuke via a public statement later that day, calling the decision "too bad for our Country."
Trump argued that the issue could be resolved via legislative channels rather than altering the core foundational text.
"No long and unwieldy Constitutional Amendment is necessary!" he declared.
Trump had previously criticized the practice as a financial drain on public resources, calling birthright citizenship a "scam" that "ripped off" taxpayers.
Justice Jackson's Strong Concurrence
In her concurring opinion, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson strongly challenged the dissenting arguments regarding historical intent.
