The Supreme Court stops Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship
Gaby Del Valle is a policy reporter at The Verge covering surveillance, the Department of Homeland Security, and the tech-right.
The Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship, ruling 6-3 against President Donald Trump’s effort to end the longstanding constitutional right via executive order.
Birthright citizenship dates back to Reconstruction. Under the 14th Amendment, which was ratified in 1868 to guarantee citizenship and equal protection to the children of formerly enslaved people, anyone born in the United States “and subject to the jurisdiction thereof” is a citizen.
Trump issued the executive order, titled “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” just hours after being sworn back into office in early 2025 — and the administration was almost immediately sued in response. Defending the executive order before the Supreme Court, Solicitor General D. Sauer arguedthat noncitizens and their children aren’t “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States, since their loyalty...
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