Supreme Court rejects Trump order aimed at denying birthright citizenship
June 30, 2026 | Rose Bud, White County, Arkansas
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The U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order that would have denied automatic U.S. citizenship to children born in the United States to parents who are in the country temporarily or illegally, the transcript reports.
The decision, the reporter said, followed expectations from oral arguments in which the justices focused on the Constitution’s 14th Amendment citizenship clause, which provides that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States.” The transcript notes the administration had argued the amendment—adopted after the Civil War—was intended to grant citizenship to freed slaves and their descendants and not to an estimated 250,000 babies born each year to parents present in the country illegally.
The reporter summarized criticism of the administration’s policy, saying opponents described the proposed change as “tremendously destructive” and “extremely costly.” The transcript does not identify who first used those phrases; they are presented as part of the news account rather than as statements by a labeled speaker.
The report notes President Trump attended oral arguments in April, the first sitting president to do so for this case, and that he continued to emphasize the issue in public remarks afterward. The transcript quotes a remark characterized as coming from the president: “They’ll probably rule against me because they seem to like doing that,” presented as his expectation about the court’s decision.
The transcript places the ruling in international context, noting about three dozen countries grant birthright citizenship broadly; the reporter said the United States is one of the relatively few nations with that practice.
The transcript does not include the court’s written opinion text, a vote tally, the justices’ individual votes, or a case citation; those details are not specified in the transcript and therefore are not reported here. The account confines itself to the reporter’s summary of the ruling, the administration’s position as described in oral argument, critical characterizations conveyed in the report, and the president’s publicly reported remarks.
No formal motions, votes, or administrative actions appear in the transcript excerpt.
The decision, the reporter said, followed expectations from oral arguments in which the justices focused on the Constitution’s 14th Amendment citizenship clause, which provides that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States.” The transcript notes the administration had argued the amendment—adopted after the Civil War—was intended to grant citizenship to freed slaves and their descendants and not to an estimated 250,000 babies born each year to parents present in the country illegally.
The reporter summarized criticism of the administration’s policy, saying opponents described the proposed change as “tremendously destructive” and “extremely costly.” The transcript does not identify who first used those phrases; they are presented as part of the news account rather than as statements by a labeled speaker.
The report notes President Trump attended oral arguments in April, the first sitting president to do so for this case, and that he continued to emphasize the issue in public remarks afterward. The transcript quotes a remark characterized as coming from the president: “They’ll probably rule against me because they seem to like doing that,” presented as his expectation about the court’s decision.
The transcript places the ruling in international context, noting about three dozen countries grant birthright citizenship broadly; the reporter said the United States is one of the relatively few nations with that practice.
The transcript does not include the court’s written opinion text, a vote tally, the justices’ individual votes, or a case citation; those details are not specified in the transcript and therefore are not reported here. The account confines itself to the reporter’s summary of the ruling, the administration’s position as described in oral argument, critical characterizations conveyed in the report, and the president’s publicly reported remarks.
No formal motions, votes, or administrative actions appear in the transcript excerpt.
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