Birthright Citizenship At A Crossroads

On July 24, 2025, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirmed that President Trump's Executive Order 14160 aimed at ending birthright citizenship, violates the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and is unconstitutional, upholding nationwide injunctions previously issued by lower courts. The ruling follows a June 27, 2025 Supreme Court decision in Trump v. CASA, Inc., which limited the authority of federal trial courts to issue universal nationwide injunctions, though it did not address the merits of the executive order itself. The Ninth Circuit held that full relief for states required a nationwide block to prevent confusion and harm to public policy administration.