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Trump v. Barbara — SCOTUS (Apr 1, 2026)

No. 25-365 Argued April 1, 2026 Published July 14, 2026; updated August 21, 2026

The Supreme Court hears Trump versus Barbara, a challenge to President Trump's Executive Order 14,160. The order directed federal agencies not to recognize citizenship at birth for children born in the United States when their mother was unlawfully or only temporarily here and their father was neither a citizen nor a lawful permanent resident. A federal district court blocked the order nationwide, and the Supreme Court took the case before the First Circuit ruled. The question is whether the Fourteenth Amendment and the federal citizenship statute protect those children. The Court later affirmed the injunction, six to three. Five Justices held the order unconstitutional; Justice Kavanaugh supplied the sixth vote under the statute.

Trump v. Barbara (No. 25-365) — Supreme Court of the United States, argued April 1, 2026.

Sources
Argument audio — Supreme Court of the United States:https://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/25-365.mp3
Argument transcript — Supreme Court of the United States:https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-365_l6gn.pdf
Case docket — Supreme Court of the United States:https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/25-365.html
Executive Order 14,160 — Federal Register:https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2025/01/29/2025-02007.html
Fourteenth Amendment — Constitution Annotated:https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-14/
8 U.S.C. § 1401 — U.S. House of Representatives:https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1401&num=0&edition=prelim
Brief for the government:https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25-365/392236/20260120203524283_25-365BarbaraGovtBr.pdf
Brief for the respondents:https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25-365/396806/20260219162058285_25-365%20Trump%20v%20Barbara%20Respondents%20Brief.pdf
Decision — Supreme Court of the United States:https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-365_new_5if6.pdf
D. John Sauer — U.S. Department of Justice:https://www.justice.gov/osg/staff-profile/solicitor-general-john-sauer
Cecillia Wang — American Civil Liberties Union:https://www.aclu.org/bios/cecillia-wang
Cecillia Wang appointment — American Civil Liberties Union:https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-names-cecillia-wang-as-new-national-legal-director
“A fortiori” — Cornell Legal Information Institute:https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/a_fortiori
“A fortiori” — Merriam-Webster:https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20fortiori

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