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President Donald Trump The Executive Order (EO) ends birthright citizenship, facing another legal setback after the federal appeals court ruled unconstitutional on Wednesday.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals confirms lower court rulings block national EO enforcement, which will deny the citizenship of illegal or temporary babies born in the United States
one Three judges panel The ruling on Trump’s plan in a 2-1 vote retained U.S. District Court Judge John C.
Most people wrote: “The District Court correctly concluded that the proposed interpretation of the Executive Order, denying citizenship of many people born in the United States, is unconstitutional. We fully agree.”
SCOTUS Rules on Trump’s Citizen Order for Birth Rights, Testing the Power of Lower Courts
President Donald Trump faces another legal challenge after the U.S. Court of Appeals’ decision to confirm the lower court’s ruling blocks the order. (Getty Image)
Although the Supreme Court has since restricted lower courts from issuing injunctions nationwide, the majority of the 9th Circuit have found that the case violated the EO ruling. Justice Scotus.
States have filed lawsuits against the Trump administration in a case where they argue that a nationwide order is needed to block EO to prevent problems caused by the ban on birthright citizenship.
“We concluded that the District Court did not abuse its discretion to issue a universal injunction to give full relief to the states,” Judges Michael Hawkins and Ronald Gould wrote.
Trump-appointed judge Patrick Bumatay decided that the state has no legal rights or positions to sue the Trump administration.
He did not weigh the constitutionality of ending the right to reproductive citizenship.
How Supreme Court Injunction Rulings Promote Trump’s Citizens’ Fight for Birth Right
The 14th Amendment Citizenship Terms state that people born or naturalized in the United States or “bound by U.S. jurisdiction” are U.S. citizens, but the Corporate Law Firm believes that this does not mean that children are automatically U.S. citizens based solely on the place of birth.

Olga Urbina and her nine-month-old son protested outside the U.S. Supreme Court in May 2025 against President Donald Trump’s move to terminate his birthright citizenship. (Attracting anger through Getty Images/AFP)
Trump’s EO will deny U.S. citizenship to mother-born children There is no legal or permanent status in the United States, His father had no legal or permanent status.
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The Trump administration faces at least nine lawsuits nationwide, challenging EO.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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