Supreme Court's birthright ruling is major blow to Trump
The BBC’s Gary O’Donoghue explains what the court's landmark ruling means for the US president.

Justice Clarence Thomas disagreed with the Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday to strike down President Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship, contending the decision “devalues” American citizenship. “I am not sure that today’s opinion will stand the test of time,” Thomas, the longest-serving conservative currently on the bench, wrote in a 91-page dissent to the…
The BBC’s Gary O’Donoghue explains what the court's landmark ruling means for the US president.
The Supreme Court narrowly ruled Tuesday that Chinese nationals partaking in birth tourism schemes may continue to do so and receive citizenship for their babies, making it imperative that President Donald Trump implement a complete ban on travel from China. The high court held that “children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or […]
A divided US Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s planned restrictions on birthright citizenship, invalidating a central plank of his immigration agenda. Bloomberg Law Host June Grasso and Leon Fresco, Partner at Holland & Knight, discuss the ruling. (Source: Bloomberg)
Some Republican lawmakers are reigniting a push to amend the Constitution to end birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to limit the right under the 14th Amendment. The high court ruled 6-3 to strike down Trump’s order that would have ended citizenship for children born to parents […]
Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff for policy, blasted the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling, calling it “destructive” and “outrageous.” The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment on Tuesday. The court invalidated Trump’s order and reaffirmed that birthright citizenship applies to children born […]
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson accused Clarence Thomas of echoing Dred Scott by opposing the birthright citizenship ruling under the 14th Amendment.
The ruling is a major setback for Donald Trump's immigration agenda, and has been welcomed by civil rights groups.
It is nothing short of stunning that Trump came one vote away from persuading the court to repeal the bedrock of the Reconstruction Amendments.