US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, blocks Trump order
The 6-3 ruling says children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are citizens at birth.
- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to strike down an executive order that aimed to restrict birthright citizenship, reaffirming the 14th Amendment's guarantee of citizenship to nearly all born in the U.S..
- Chief Justice John Roberts, in the majority opinion, emphasized that the 14th Amendment protects the citizenship rights of every free-born person in the U.S., including children of undocumented immigrants, rejecting attempts to limit this right..
- In a unanimous 9-0 decision, the Court upheld state bans on transgender athletes participating in female sports teams, ruling these bans comply with Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause..
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Experts divided on national security implications of birthright citizenship after Supreme Court ruling
After the U.S. Supreme Court voted 6-3 to uphold the doctrine of birthright citizenship on Tuesday, experts are divided about the national security implications of the decision.The court rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order, which would have denied automatic citizenship for babies born in the United States whose parents are in the country illegally or on temporary visas.Gerard Filitti, senior counsel at the Lawfare Project, tol…
The US president suffered a major setback when one of his key measures was rejected: restricting citizenship rights to those born on American soil. Two other decisions, concerning transgender people and campaign finance, however, went in favor of conservatives. Source link: [...]
The divided Supreme Court's birthright citizenship decision exposes sharp rifts among justices
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that children born in the U.S. are citizens under the Fourteenth Amendment, even if their parents are in the country unlawfully or temporarily
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