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such as with a visa, if the father likewise was neither a U. S. citizen nor a lawful permanent resident.
In a 6 3 decision, the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s order
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
The Court concluded, by a 5-4 vote on the constitutional question, that the order violated the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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