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Read the US Supreme Court’s ruling upholding birthright citizenship

FILE - Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait following the addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Bottom row, from left, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. Top row, from left, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) (J. Scott Applewhite, Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

In a 6-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the concept of birthright citizenship, in a rejection of President Trump’s executive order on the issue.

The concept stems from the 14th Amendment, which affirmed that “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”

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The Trump administration insisted the amendment did not mean that people who were born in the U.S. to parents who were illegal or in the country temporarily were citizens.

The distinction is important, because the 14th Amendment also contains two important legal clauses: the due process and equal protection clauses.

“No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

You can read President Trump’s executive order HERE.

You can read the full ruling and the dissenting opinions for yourself below.