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LetMyPeopleVote

(184,678 posts)
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 10:44 AM Jun 30

Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, striking down Trump's order

The only surprise is that this was not a unanimous decision
Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, striking down Trump's order
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-trump-decision/

Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down President Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, reaffirming the more than 100-year-old understanding that nearly all of those born in the United States are citizens.

In a divided decision in the case Trump v. Barbara, the Supreme Court found that Mr. Trump's policy is unlawful.

With its decision, the Supreme Court has now invalidated a second of Mr. Trump's signature initiatives from his second term, joining its ruling striking down many of his tariffs in February. The president signed his directive aiming to restrict birthright citizenship on his first day back in the White House as part of a sweeping crackdown on immigration.
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Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, striking down Trump's order (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Jun 30 OP
It appears from early reports that Alito, Thomas, & Gorsuch dissented. surfered Jun 30 #1
Dodged a huge bullet there! Mad_Machine76 Jun 30 #2
Good. mwmisses4289 Jun 30 #3
Legal experts sound alarm after razor-thin birthright vote: 'The most insane part' LetMyPeopleVote Jul 1 #4
This ruling should have been 9-0 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 1 #5

surfered

(15,330 posts)
1. It appears from early reports that Alito, Thomas, & Gorsuch dissented.
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 11:05 AM
Jun 30

Proving they are not “originalists,” as they claim. They’re just partisan hacks.

Kavanaugh found a technical reason to vote with the majority

mwmisses4289

(5,340 posts)
3. Good.
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 01:15 PM
Jun 30

Does this mean lawyers can now take t, nosferatu, et al to court for violating the rights of people they have thrown in their concentration camps and close those camps down?

LetMyPeopleVote

(184,678 posts)
4. Legal experts sound alarm after razor-thin birthright vote: 'The most insane part'
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 10:28 AM
Jul 1

This was really a 5-4 opinion. This is really scary. trump and these racist assholes are not going to stop going after Birthright Citizenship

Legal experts sound alarm after razor-thin birthright vote: 'The most insane part' #RawStory

#TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2026-06-30T16:58:08.000Z

https://www.rawstory.com/supreme-court-birthright-reax/

Reactions were mounting among legal analysts Tuesday after the Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship order.

The divided court ruled in a 6-3 majority decision in Trump v. Barbara, upholding the 14th Amendment and blocking Trump's efforts to eliminate birthright citizenship, "but the Court split 5-4 on whether a future Congress could do what President Trump could not," CNN reported.

Legal experts and political commentators weighed in on the high court's decision.

"A shockingly close call on how to read plain English in the first sentence of a constitutional amendment," Adam Klasfeld, editor-in-chief of All Rise News, wrote on X.

"It was struck down 6-3 decision, although only 5-4 on the Constitutional question. Four justices would have rewritten the Constitution's plain text and ignored centuries of precedent on the scope of birthright citizenship. Thankfully, they were the minority," immigration attorney Aaron Reichlin-Melnick wrote on X...

"A shockingly close call on how to read plain English in the first sentence of a constitutional amendment," Adam Klasfeld, editor-in-chief of All Rise News, wrote on X.

"Everyone should be extremely concerned that birthright citizenship was 5-4 and not unanimous," Mueller, She Wrote podcaster Allison Gill wrote on Bluesky.

"Jesus, three dissenting votes on birthright just might be the most insane part of this court's entire awful term," MS NOW host Chris Hayes wrote on Bluesky.
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