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The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump\u2019s executive order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The decision, in line with the longstanding judicial interpretation of the 14th Amendment, comes on the final day of a Supreme Court term that has centered on Trump\u2019s expansive claims of presidential power \u2014 and largely ruled in his favor. In its other Tuesday rulings, the court upheld laws in roughly half the states that prohibit transgender girls and women from playing on their public school and college sport teams and struck down limits on party spending in federal elections. Here’s the latest: Immigrant advocacy group welcomes birthright citizenship ruling \u201cThe Justices rightly… <\/p>\n

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump\u2019s executive order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The decision, in line with the longstanding judicial interpretation of the 14th Amendment, comes on the final day of a Supreme Court term that has centered on Trump\u2019s expansive claims of presidential power \u2014 and largely ruled in his favor. In its other Tuesday rulings, the court upheld laws in roughly half the states that prohibit transgender girls and women from playing on their public school and college sport teams and struck down limits on party spending in federal elections. Here’s the latest: Immigrant advocacy group welcomes birthright citizenship ruling \u201cThe Justices rightly... <\/p>\n

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