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Supreme Court rules Trump's birthright citizenship restrictions are unconstitutional
Key takeaways
- Chief Justice John Roberts, joined by all three liberal justices and Justice Amy Coney Barrett, wrote that the 14th Amendment guarantees automatic citizenship for nearly all children born on U.S.
- The trouble is that there is scant evidence for this dramatically revisionist view, Roberts wrote.
- A sixth justice, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, disagreed but voted to block Trump s order under federal law.
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Chief Justice John Roberts, joined by all three liberal justices and Justice Amy Coney Barrett, wrote that the 14th Amendment guarantees automatic citizenship for nearly all children born on U.S. soil, even those born to parents in the country unlawfully.
The trouble is that there is scant evidence for this dramatically revisionist view, Roberts wrote.
A sixth justice, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, disagreed but voted to block Trump s order under federal law.
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