Appeals court finds Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship unconstitutional, upholds block

WASHINGTON AP A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump s order seeking to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional affirming a lower-court decision that blocked its enforcement nationwide Related Articles House subcommittee votes to subpoena Justice Department for Epstein files Judge rejects Trump administration effort to unseal Epstein grand jury records in Florida Judge bars ICE from right now taking Abrego Garcia into custody if he s circulated from jail FDA panel on the use of antidepressants during pregnancy is alarming experts Americans are paying for Trump s tariffs not foreign companies The ruling from a divided panel of the th U S Circuit Court of Appeals comes after Trump s plan was also blocked by a federal judge in New Hampshire It brings the issue one step closer to coming back hurriedly before the Supreme Court The th Circuit blocks the Trump administration from enforcing the order that would deny citizenship to children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily The district court correctly concluded that the Executive Order s proposed interpretation denying citizenship to various persons born in the United States is unconstitutional We fully agree the majority wrote