The divided Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision exposes sharp rifts among justices

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that children born in the U.S. are citizens under the Fourteenth Amendment regardless of their parents' immigration status, rejecting an executive order by President Donald Trump. The decision highlighted divisions among justices, with Chief Justice John Roberts and others forming the majority, while Clarence Thomas and others dissented, arguing citizenship should depend on parental allegiance to the U.S.