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Supreme Court Defends Birthright Citizenship | Wilmington News
The Supreme Court just delivered a major win for birthright citizenship, striking down Trump’s executive order that sought to end automatic citizenship for babies born in the U.S. In a 6-3 decision, the majority reaffirmed the 14th Amendment’s clear language: anyone born on American soil is a citizen. The ruling, which never actually took effect due to immediate legal challenges, solidifies a century-old legal principle and ensures roughly 250,000 babies annually born to non-citizen parents retain their citizenship. While dissenters accused the majority of rewriting history for political…
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