Supreme Court Rejects Trump's Executive Order Ending Birthright Citizenship; Right-Wing Figures React
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Nikki McCann Ramirez
Summary
The Supreme Court rejected Donald Trump's executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship, affirming the constitutional right established by the 14th Amendment after the Civil War. The ruling sparked outrage among Trump administration officials, Republican lawmakers, and right-wing commentators who oppose birthright citizenship. The article frames the opposition as ethnonationalist and argues that the constitutional principle is clear and has been settled law for over 150 years.
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Rolling StoneSupreme Court Rejects Trump's Executive Order Ending Birthright Citizenship; Right-Wing Figures Reactrollingstone.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledThe Supreme Court affirmed on Tuesday that the right to citizenship that has been in place since the abolishment of slavery over 150 years ago is still, in fact, a right.
If you are born on American soil — regardless of your parentage, race, creed, or any other potentially differentiating factor — you are an American citizen.
It's one of the foundational principles of the post-Civil War republic, and Republicans despise it.
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