# Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship 6-3, striking down Trump's executive order
> Chief Justice Roberts wrote for a cross-ideological majority that the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause covers virtually all persons born on US soil, voiding the January 2025 order that had been blocked by every lower court to consider it

**Meta:** type: event · date: 2026-06-30 · heads: Who Decides, How Life Changes · 4 takes · 1 lenses · 1 regions

## Summary

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on June 30 that the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause bestows citizenship on virtually all persons born on US soil, striking down Executive Order 14160, which President Trump signed on January 20, 2025, directing agencies not to recognize citizenship for children born to parents who are neither citizens nor lawful permanent residents. Chief Justice Roberts wrote for a majority that included Justices Kavanaugh, Barrett, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson. Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissented. Every lower court that had reviewed the order's merits had also struck it down; the order was never implemented.

## Why it matters

The ruling is the term's most significant immigration decision and a direct rebuff to one of Trump's signature second-term priorities. It adds to a pattern: alongside the February tariff ruling and Monday's Fed-firing loss, the court has now blocked three of Trump's most far-reaching executive actions on constitutional grounds. The citizenship clause interpretation is now settled for this generation.

## Regional takes (batched by bias / lens)

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- **CBS News** (United States, en) — CBS News confirmed the ruling in Trump v. Barbara (No. 25-365), finding EO 14160 unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause; Roberts wrote for a majority of Roberts, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and the three liberal justices; Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissented.
  > "The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down President Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, reaffirming the more than 100-year-old understanding that nearly all of those born in the United States are citizens."
  Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-trump-decision/
- **NPR** (United States, en) — NPR noted that the ruling was the term's last opinion and that the court's cross-ideological coalition held together in finding the executive order's re-reading of 'subject to the jurisdiction thereof' unsupported by history or text.
  > "Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the opinion for a majority that included both conservatives and liberals."
  Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/30/nx-s1-5875169/supreme-court-decision-expected-on-trumps-call-to-end-birthright-citizenship
- **ABC News** (United States, en) — 
  Source: https://abcnews.com/Politics/faq-birthright-citizenship-ahead-supreme-courts-ruling/story?id=134215675
- **CNN** (United States, en) — 
  Source: https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/30/politics/live-news/supreme-court-cases-news

## Across the graph
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- Entities: Person:donald Trump, Courts vs Elected Power, United States

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