The Supreme Court ‘cut off’ Donald Trump in his attempt to end birthright citizenship in a major blow to the administration’s radical vision for the composition of the country.
The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to reject President Donald Trump’s attempt to restrict birthright citizenship, dealing a major blow to his immigration agenda.
Chief Justice John Roberts penned the majority opinion, affirming that children born on US soil are automatically citizens under the 14th Amendment, regardless of their parents’ immigration status.
The ruling is a major defeat for Trump, and comes as the high court has ruled against him in a handful of major cases – including invalidating his sweeping tariff regime, and blocking his effort to fire Lisa Cook from the Fed’s board of governors.
Trump had an uncharacteristically subdued response when confronted by a reporter about the sweeping blow, despite calling out ‘traitor’ Justices who sided against him in the past.
‘I guess I have to accept it. It is the Supreme Court. I think it is very bad for our nation, we are the only nation that does it,’ he said in the Oval Office.
He called on Congress in a Truth Social post to ‘make up’ the loss through legislation.
‘Congress should start TODAY to work on ending expensive and unfair to our Country, Birthright Citizenship. They will have my Complete and Total Support!’
The constitutional guarantee was enshrined by the 14th Amendment, and ratified in 1868 to guarantee citizenship to freed slaves and impacts an estimated 150,000 children born in the US annually to noncitizens.
Trump first tried to end birthright citizenship by executive order on Inauguration Day 2025 – a move subsequently struck down by lower courts as unconstitutional.
