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    Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship, Defeats Trump

    Birthright citizenship survived its biggest legal test in over a century today. On June 30, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end automatic citizenship for children born on American soil, delivering one of the most consequential rulings of the term. ![United States Supreme Court Building in Washington DC](Supreme Court building, Washington D.C. — Source: Getty Images / Drew Angerer, via NPR) A Decade-Long Fight Reaches the Bench Trump’s crusade against birthright citizenship didn’t start in the Oval Office. Trump first called for ending the practice back in August 2015, during his initial…