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Alito slams birthright decision as 'serious mistake'
Key takeaways
- The Trump administration has sought to restrict citizenship to children with at least one parent with citizenship or permanent legal status.
- Alito warned in his dissent the ruling could have grotesque results, including an encouragement of birth tourism, and national security ramifications.
- If the Fourteenth Amendment required these results, the country would have to live with them or amend the Constitution, he wrote.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
The high court ruled 6-3 that an executive order signed by President Trump on Day 1 of his second term violated the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment, which guarantees automatic citizenship for almost all children who are born on U.S. soil regardless of their parents citizenship status.
The Trump administration has sought to restrict citizenship to children with at least one parent with citizenship or permanent legal status.
Alito warned in his dissent the ruling could have grotesque results, including an encouragement of birth tourism, and national security ramifications.
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