President Donald Trump on Tuesday brushed off a major loss at the Supreme Court, whose 6-3 decision struck down one of his signature initiatives: an effort to limit birthright citizenship.Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscriptionGet exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading.Trump and some of his congressional allies quickly said they weren’t fully giving up the fight, saying they believed a path forward was to pass a law containing the same provisions as his defeated order.But with the current makeup of Congress, that legislation would be dead on arrival.“The Supreme Court upheld Birthright Citizenship, which is too bad for our Country, but we can easily make it up in Congress through Legislation, with the support of the President, that has now been determined during this process,” Trump posted to his Truth Social platform.
“No long and unwieldy Constitutional Amendment is necessary! Congress should start TODAY to work on ending expensive and unfair to our Country, Birthright Citizenship.They will have my Complete and Total Support!”The case was near and dear to Trump.
In April, he attended a Supreme Court hearing on the case, becoming the first sitting president to ever go to oral arguments.Trump’s executive order, which was quickly put on hold by lower courts after he signed it the day he took office, would have limited birthright citizenship to those with at least one parent who is a U.S.citizen or permanent resident — meaning children born in the U.S.
to temporary visitors, those on student visas or work permits, or undocumented immigrants would not be citizens at birth.Five of the six justices who found the order to be unlawful said it ran afoul of the 14th Amendment, which states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.” The sixth justice, Brett Kavanaugh, who was nominated by Trump, said the order violated the law but not the Con...