The Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens, upholding the long-settled understanding of the 14th Amendment.
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The war on birthright citizenship is a war on all of us
On May 15, 2025, the Supreme Court will hear a case challenging Oval Office Executive Order 14160, which seeks to revoke birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants—threatening a core protection enshrined in the 14th Amendment. If upheld, the order could dismantle over a century of settled law, redefine citizenship as a privilege, and grant future presidents dangerous new power to unilaterally rewrite constitutional rights.
