Citizenship, due process, and equal protection. The amendment drives birthright citizenship debates and civil-rights protections, shaping U.S. law and politics.
The US Supreme Court has rejected President Trump’s 2025 executive order and upheld the long‑standing interpretation of the 14th Amendment that grants citizenship to nearly everyone born on US soil. Chief Justice John Roberts has written the 6–3 majority opinion and one justice has issued a lengthy dissent.
The Supreme Court has upheld a key birthright citizenship ruling while throwing out parts of Trump’s policy moves. Justices maintain that birthright citizenship applies broadly, thwarting presidential efforts to redefine it. The court is also ruling on other cases as the term ends, including sports eligibility and campaign financing challenges.
The US Supreme Court has upheld Idaho and West Virginia laws that bar transgender girls from girls' sports, ruling those bans survive Title IX and equal-protection challenges. The decision preserves similar statutes in roughly two dozen states, hands conservative groups a legal lever, and shifts the next fights to state courts, school boards and athletic bodies.
The Supreme Court has ruled that children born on US soil to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are citizens at birth under the 14th Amendment, maintaining birthright citizenship. The decision blocks President Trump’s bid to end automatic citizenship by executive order, with Chief Justice Roberts writing for the court and joined by a cross-ideological majority.