While the Supreme Court narrowly ruled against President Donald Trump's attempt to eliminate birthright citizenship, the way the justices actually split their votes carried a disturbing message of its own, attorney and former United Nations delegate Andrew Weinstein warned on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, four of the Supreme Court's nine justices indicated they did not believe Trump's effort to overturn birthright citizenship – a right explicitly enshrined in the 14th Amendment – was unconstitutional. While the court ultimately rejected Trump’s case for why he should be allowed to eliminate a constitutionally protected right, the vote tally was nonetheless disturbing, Weinstein argued.
“The real headline from the birthright‑citizenship case isn’t the outcome,” Weinstein wrote Tuesday in a social media post on X to his more than 86,000 followers. “It’s that four Supreme Court justices signaled they believe a president can effectively rewrite the Constitution through executive order.”
Trump has already signaled his intention to defy the Supreme Court through other means, rallying Republican lawmakers less than an hour after the ruling was handed down to “start TODAY” on working to “end” birthright citizenship, albeit through “legislation.”
Birthright citizenship grants all individuals born in the United States or its territories full U.S. citizenship, regardless of their parents’ citizenship status. Trump, along with his White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, has long targeted birthright citizenship in an effort to see it overturned as part of his broader immigration crackdown agenda.
The real headline from the birthright‑citizenship case isn’t the outcome. It’s that four Supreme Court justices signaled they believe a president can effectively rewrite the Constitution through executive order.
— Andrew Weinstein (@Weinsteinlaw) June 30, 2026
