BREAKING: Supreme Court Allows Trump to Move Forward with Birthright Citizenship Order

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a landmark 6-3 ruling Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for President Donald Trump to implement an executive order ending birthright citizenship in certain parts of the country — a move that could reshape American immigration law and ignite further legal battles.

The decision, authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett and split along ideological lines, does not decide the constitutionality of Trump’s order. Instead, it strikes down nationwide injunctions that had previously blocked the order from taking effect. The ruling allows the order to proceed in regions where no injunction is currently in place.

“This opinion does not speak to the constitutionality of the executive order,” Barrett wrote for the majority. “It simply returns the matter to the appropriate jurisdictional courts while reaffirming limits on the power of lower federal judges to issue sweeping nationwide injunctions.”

The executive order, signed by Trump on the first day of his second term, seeks to halt the automatic granting of U.S. citizenship to children born on American soil to undocumented immigrants and certain foreign nationals.

The Supreme Court’s decision takes effect 30 days from the date of the ruling, giving lower courts time to sort through ongoing constitutional challenges.

Chief Justice John Roberts joined the majority, along with Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Barrett. The dissent, led by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, warned that the ruling “invites chaos and undermines a fundamental constitutional guarantee.”

As of now, the executive order is set to take effect in most states where no injunction remains in place, marking a major victory for President Trump and a pivotal moment in the evolving debate over immigration and constitutional rights.