The Supreme Court preserved one of the most important tenants of the Constitution Tuesday, upholding birthright citizenship despite the Trump administration’s unprecedented attempt to shred it.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority, joined by Justice Amy Coney Barrett and the liberals. Justice Brett Kavanaugh concurred in part and dissented in part. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote a concurrence, joined partially by Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas all filed dissenting opinions, with Gorsuch also signing on to Thomas’.
“Arguments for limiting birthright citizenship to those domiciled in the United States fail,” wrote Roberts. “These arguments err in their definition of ‘allegiance,’ contending that natural allegiance was no longer sufficient for citizenship and that some greater quantum of allegiance (based on domicile) was required. There is scant evidence for this dramatically revisionist view…”
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