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Fifth Court Blocks Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order

Published OCT 6 2025

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Above: People outside the U.S. Supreme Court protesting a ban on birthright citizenship on May 15, 2025. Image credit: Jim Watson/Getty Images

The Spin

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Reason.com

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American Thinker

Metaculus Prediction

There's a 15% chance that any U.S. authority will refuse to recognize the citizenship of U.S.-born children of non-citizen parents for 90 days in 2025-26, compared to a 25% chance for 2027-28.