Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment.

The 6-3 decision saw Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett join with the court's liberals. Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch dissented.

"No such intersovereign concerns apply to children born of parents unlawfully or temporarily present in the United States; no foreign sovereign would “have any motive for wishing” them outside this Nation’s authority," Roberts wrote. "Those children are thus subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. They satisfy both elements of the Citizenship Clause: they are 'born ... in the United States' and 'subject to the jurisdiction thereof.' Under the Constitution, they are citizens at birth."

At issue was President Donald Trump's 2025 executive order directing federal agencies to interpret the 14th Amendment as not granting birthright citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants.

The Court heard oral arguments in April. At the time, judicial analysts interpreted the justices' questions as betraying a skepticism toward the administration's position.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent for Just the News. Follow him on X.