Birthright Citizenship Archives

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US Supreme Court limits injunctions, allows Trump to act on birthright citizenship ban

The Supreme Court did not rule on the birthright citizenship executive order, but ended the nationwide injunction that was blocking it.

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Birthright Citizenship Case Raises Judicial Authority Questions to SCOTUS

by Cassandra Burke Robertson

May 19, 2025

Should a single judge be able to issue nationwide preliminary injunctions? That's the question on judicial authority currently before the Supreme Court.

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House Democrats File Amicus Brief to Block Attack on Birthright Citizenship

by Serena Zehlius, Editor

May 14, 2025

Democrats in the House filed an amicus brief in order to block Trump’s unconstitutional attack on birthright citizenship heading to the Supreme Court.

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Trump’s Bid to End Birthright Citizenship Heads to Supreme Court

by Jean Lantz Reisz

May 13, 2025

For more than 150 years, almost all people who were born within U.S. territory automatically received citizenship – regardless of their parents’ immigration status. President Donald Trump’s January 2025 executive order on birthright citizenship – stating that children born in the U.S. to parents who…