Supreme Court Rejects Trump's Birthright Citizenship Bid

On Tuesday, the US Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's attempt to restrict birthright citizenship, ruling 6-3 to uphold the principle that nearly everyone born on US soil is an American citizen. Chief Justice John Roberts penned the opinion, stating that children born in the United States to parents unlawfully present are subject to US jurisdiction and thus entitled to citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment.

Trump's executive order, issued during his first term, sought to deny citizenship to children born in the US to parents on temporary visas, but lower courts had blocked this move. The Supreme Court's decision aligns with a landmark 1898 case involving Wong Kim Ark, affirming that citizenship is granted to anyone born in the US.

This ruling represents the third major legal defeat for Trump during his presidency, following previous setbacks regarding global tariffs and the firing of a Federal Reserve governor.