By Tracy Waller, MPH, Esq.
Trump Birthright Citizenship Executive Order 2025 Faces Supreme Court Challenge
July 2025 Update:
In the final opinion issued on June 27, 2025, the Supreme Court voted in favor of the Trump administration (six justices voted for and three against). The Court did not decide whether President Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship violated the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment or the Nationality Act, meaning it did not look at the issue of citizenship status or whether people are in the country legally, regardless of where they are born. Instead, the Court looked at a procedural court issue and decided whether courts have the equitable authority to issue universal injunctions.
