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US top court backs birthright citizenship in rebuke to Trump
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- US President Donald Trump had issued an executive order that would have changed constitutional guarantees that people born on US soil are citizens.
- https://p.dw.com/p/5GKgg Image: Kent Nishimura/AFPAdvertisement The United States' Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship is unlawful.
- In one of the most consequential decisions for the top court, which had waited until the final day of the term, justices ruled 6-3 to maintain the right to US citizenship for nearly everyone born on US soil.
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US President Donald Trump had issued an executive order that would have changed constitutional guarantees that people born on US soil are citizens.
https://p.dw.com/p/5GKgg Image: Kent Nishimura/AFPAdvertisement The United States' Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship is unlawful.
In one of the most consequential decisions for the top court, which had waited until the final day of the term, justices ruled 6-3 to maintain the right to US citizenship for nearly everyone born on US soil.
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