Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order

The Supreme Court struck down an executive order seeking to limit birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment on Tuesday, handing President Donald Trump another major loss at the high court this term.The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to strike down Trump’s executive order, with five of those justices also defining birthright citizenship under the Constitution to include the children of parents who are in the country illegally or temporarily. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion. Recommended Stories Supreme Court opens floodgates to more coordinated campaign spending Supreme Court upholds bans on biological men in women’s sports Trump’s bruising day at the Supreme Court Under Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order, a child born on U.S.

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