The Supreme Court forcefully affirmed America's guarantee of automatic citizenship to persons born on U.S. soil, ruling Tuesday against President Trump's attempt to unilaterally rewrite the

The Supreme Court is expected to address the issue on Tuesday, ruling on a Trump executive order that would upend more than a century of constitutional and legal history.

The Supreme Court will rule on the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order on birthright citizenship declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s contentious attempt to limit citizenship at birth for those born on U.S. soil, delivering a major blow to his agenda. The court, divided 6-3, ruled that the executive order Trump issued Jan. 20, 2025, the first day of his second term, was unlawful. Five justices said the order fell foul of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment, which has long been interpreted to bestow birthright citizenship on almost anyone born in the United States. One justice, conservative Brett Kavanaugh, said the order violated federal law but not the Constitution. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote there was “scant evidence” in favor of the Trump administration’s radical reimagining of the way the law has been understood for decades. “Citizenship then and now, was the right to have rights — to freely participate in our political community,” he wrote. The 14th Amendment was enacted after the Civil War to ensure that everyone, including former…

When it comes to birthright citizenship, the Trump administration hasn’t been subtle about its views.