US Supreme Court strikes down Trump birthright citizenship order, upholds transgender athlete ban
The US Supreme Court ruled against Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship and also upheld a ban on transgender athletes.
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The United States Supreme Court has delivered a split decision on two of President Donald Trump's key policies, striking down his executive order to end birthright citizenship while upholding a ban on transgender athletes in school sports.
In a 6-3 ruling, the justices rejected Trump's attempt to end automatic citizenship for babies born on American soil. The decision was a major setback for the president's immigration agenda. The court's majority held that the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution clearly states that all persons born in the United States are citizens, making the executive order unenforceable. Three of the court's six conservative justices joined the three liberal justices in the majority.
Trump had signed the executive order on his first day back in the White House, but it was immediately blocked by legal challenges. After the ruling, Trump posted on social media that he might try to introduce legislation in Congress to overturn birthright citizenship. However, because the right is enshrined in the Constitution, legal experts say such a move would be extremely difficult.
On the same day, the Supreme Court also ruled that states are allowed to ban transgender athletes from competing in female school and college sports. Trump welcomed this decision, calling it a "big win" on social media. The ruling upholds laws in several states that restrict participation based on biological sex at birth.
The birthright citizenship ruling is seen as a rare defeat for Trump from a court that includes six conservative justices. It underscores the limits of executive power and the enduring strength of constitutional protections. The transgender athlete ban, meanwhile, aligns with Trump's broader cultural agenda and has been praised by conservative groups.
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BBC ONE West focused on the legal and constitutional significance of the birthright citizenship ruling, framing it as a clear defeat for Trump. The coverage included a live report from a North America editor who explained the 14th Amendment basis and noted the unusual split among conservative justices. The transgender athlete ban was reported as a secondary story, with Trump's reaction noted but not analysed in depth.
- “The justices voted 6-3 in favour of birthright citizenship. The ruling is a major setback for Mr Trump's immigration agenda.”
- “The justices were very clear. They said that article 14 of the US Constitution says that all persons born in the United States are Citizens of the United States so that it couldn't be clearer.”
- “He was much happier with a different ruling that we also got from the Supreme Court today which says that states are allowed to ban transgender athletes from competing in female school and college sports.”
GB News presented the story through a panel discussion, with one host expressing sympathy for Trump's position on birthright citizenship while another raised practical concerns about statelessness. The tone was more conversational and opinionated, with the panel debating the merits rather than reporting the legal details. The transgender athlete ban was not mentioned in the transcript provided.
- “He says basically he tried to stop allowing illegal migrants children to claim birthright citizenship because they arrived in the country illegally. I kind of agree with him.”
- “The problem that you've got is the practicality of that. Because then is there not a danger you're making that child stateless because they do not have a state, if they are born in a state.”
- “Frankly this story fills me with relief because I think one of the core tenets of what we've seen in Trump too is a constant undermining of the separation of powers of the different instruments of state and anything that shows that American democracy is still healthy and it's 250th year gets my support.”
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