The divided Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision exposes sharp rifts among justices

Activists celebrate the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling outside of the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 30, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s divided ruling that children born in the U.S. are citizens under the Fourteenth Amendment — even if their parents are in the country unlawfully or only temporarily — exposed deep fissures in the justices’ views on the issue and toward each other.

The court’s two Black justices notably had very different views on U.S. citizenship in the context of Reconstruction after the Civil War.

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