BREAKING: The Supreme Court holds that the Fourteenth Amendment protects birthright citizenship, blocking Donald Trump's executive order to end it.
— Chris “Law Dork” Geidner (@chrisgeidner) June 30, 2026
Roberts has the opinion for the court, which is 5-4 on the constitutional question and 6-3 on whether federal law protects…
BREAKING: The Supreme Court holds that the Fourteenth Amendment protects birthright citizenship, blocking Donald Trump's executive order to end it.Kavanaugh dissented on the constitutional question (?), but affirmed the statutory one (??).
Roberts has the opinion for the court, which is 5-4 on the constitutional question and 6-3 on whether federal law protects birthright citizenship.
Earl Warren held Brown v Board until he had crafted an opinion that won unanimous support. And that case didn’t involve black letter constitutional law.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
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