Court Blocks Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order

Published OCT 6

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Above: People outside the U.S. Supreme Court protesting a ban on birthright citizenship in Washington, D.C. on May 15, 2025. Image copyright: Jim Watson/Getty Images

The Spin

Anti-Trump narrative

Trump's birthright citizenship order is blatantly unconstitutional and has been unanimously rejected by every single judge who reviewed it across multiple courts. The order violates the clear meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment, denying citizenship to children just like freed slaves after the Civil War.

Reason.com

Pro-Trump narrative

SCOTUS already settled birthright citizenship more than a century ago, in the case of Wong Kim Ark, establishing that citizenship applies only to children whose parents have lawful permission to reside in America. Trump's order substantially complies with this 127-year-old precedent that excludes children of illegal aliens from automatic citizenship.

American Thinker