Overview
- The Court issued its decision on June 30, 2026, ruling 6–3 that the 14th Amendment continues to grant automatic U.S. citizenship to children born on American soil.
- Two Trump‑appointed justices, Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh, joined the majority, while three conservatives dissented from the outcome.
- President Trump immediately urged Congress to act to end birthright citizenship, but legal experts and the Court's reasoning make clear that a simple statute cannot override the Constitution.
- In related orders this week the Court allowed states to count mail‑in ballots postmarked by Election Day, refused to review a $5 million damages judgment against Trump, and declined the government's request in the Federal Reserve dispute so Lisa Cook remains in office pending lower‑court proceedings.
- Legal scholars say the rulings mark a check on unilateral executive action, affect roughly 250,000 newborns a year who would have been impacted by the policy, and shift the policy battle to lawmakers and future litigation ahead of the midterm elections.