Supreme Court rules against Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship

On July 1, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against President Trump's executive order that sought to deny citizenship to children born in the United States to foreign nationals. The Court determined that the order violated the 14th Amendment, which guarantees citizenship to all individuals born in the U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts authored the majority opinion, stating that children born to parents unlawfully or temporarily present in the U.S. are citizens at birth under the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson joined Roberts in the majority opinion, while Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Clarence Thomas dissented. The ruling upheld lower court decisions that had previously blocked the implementation of Trump's order, which would have denied Social Security numbers and U.S. passports to children of non-citizen parents. The order was criticized for its potential impact on voting and civic participation. Justice Brett Kavanaugh concurred in part but disagreed with the majority's interpretation of the 14th Amendment. The decision was anticipated, as many justices expressed skepticism about the order during oral arguments.