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What is birthright citizenship and what happens after the Supreme Court ruling?

8:29pm June 27, 2025

Within two hours of a Supreme Court ruling that limits the ability of federal courts to impose universal injunctions, lawyers for immigrant rights groups filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of their clients.

Supreme Court Releases Final Opinions Of The Term

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The Supreme Court gives Trump a wave of victories in a blockbuster final week

1:10pm June 27, 2025

The Supreme Court has given the Trump administration a series of major wins in the final blockbuster week of its term. We rounded up the final decisions in one place.

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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court To Block Order To Return Mistakenly Deported Man

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Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions in birthright citizenship order

10:19am June 27, 2025

The decision issues some limits on the power of federal judges to universally block President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, asking lower courts to reconsider their rulings.

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Supreme Court justices appear divided in birthright citizenship arguments

12:38pm May 15, 2025

The arguments focused on whether federal district court judges can rule against the administration on a nationwide basis.

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Painted portrait of Wong Kim Ark in the Asian American Community Heroes Mural, located in San Francisco's Chinatown.

Who's eligible for birthright citizenship in America? Find out in this history quiz

9:57am May 15, 2025

Who was Wong Kim Ark and what is the story behind the Supreme Court case United States vs. Wong Kim Ark? Find out here, and listen to a full episode to learn more.

Trump Administration Challenges Courts On Deportations

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A once-fringe theory on birthright citizenship comes to the Supreme Court

5:00am May 15, 2025

The Trump administration seeks to challenge the constitutional provision that guarantees automatic citizenship to babies born in the U.S. But the arguments are likely to focus on a different question.

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President Trump's first 100 days marked by DOGE, tariffs and deportation

5:00am April 30, 2025

From foreign policy and tariffs to immigration changes and targeting of DEI, here's a look back at some of the major moves made in the past 100 days of President Trump's second administration.

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Supreme Court to hear challenge to Trump's birthright citizenship order in May

2:20pm April 17, 2025

President Trump issued an executive order on day one of his administration that sought to limit birthright citizenship. That idea is widely considered a fringe view because the Supreme Court ruled to the contrary 127 years ago, and that decision has never been disturbed.

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Trump takes birthright citizenship to the Supreme Court

5:00am March 14, 2025

by Nina Totenberg

The president's contention that birthright citizenship is unconstitutional is considered a fringe view because the Supreme Court ruled to the contrary 127 years ago.

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Second judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order in back-to-back rulings

5:02pm February 05, 2025

The second preliminary injunction, issued by Seattle U.S. District Judge John Coughenour, indefinitely blocks President Trump's efforts to end birthright citizenship. It comes a day after a Maryland federal judge issued a similar ruling.