If there is one trait about President Trump that stands out the most to me, it’s his refusal to take ‘no’ for an answer. Telling this man he can’t do something is like telling an angry bull staring you down from five feet away, he’s not allowed to charge at you. That bull is going to charge, and Trump will get his way.
Earlier today, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump’s day-one executive order barring birthright citizenship defied the Constitution’s 14th Amendment. To most all of us waiting for this decision, it really wasn’t that much of a surprise. The amendment’s language seems pretty clear: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” Most justices took that literally, even if it’s a Chinese mother who bought a birth tourism package or a non-citizen migrant who had a child while in the country illegally. Mind you, that’s not what crafters of the amendment had in mind when they wrote it, but that’s moot at this point.
But again, we’re talking about Trump here, and the man already has a plan in place:
President Donald Trump responded to Tuesday’s Supreme Court’s ruling striking down his birthright citizenship executive order by appearing to back immigration legislation that would further clarify how immigrants can become citizens.
After the ruling, the president used the Truth Social social media platform to post a link to an article from the Washington-based website Just the News that was headlined: “Trump’s efforts to reverse birthright citizenship may succeed with or without SCOTUS.”
He followed up with a second post, writing, “The Supreme Court upheld Birthright Citizenship, which is too bad for our Country, but we can easily make it up in Congress through Legislation, with the support of the President, that has now been determined during this process.”
“No long and unwieldy Constitutional Amendment is necessary! Congress should start TODAY to work on ending expensive and unfair to our Country, Birthright Citizenship. They will have my Complete and Total Support!” he added.
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 30, 2026
In its report, Just the News noted that: “Several bills, most notably the Birthright Citizenship Act introduced by [Texas Rep. Brian] Babin and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., one day after Trump’s inauguration in 2025 (and similar versions in recent Congresses), seek to end or sharply restrict automatic birthright citizenship by amending the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).”
“These measures would reinterpret the 14th Amendment’s ‘subject to the jurisdiction thereof’ clause to grant citizenship at birth only to children with at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident (LPR) residing in the U.S., or an LPR serving in the military,” the news outlet added.
I always suspected Trump had a Plan B, C, and D to deal with this issue. It’s the ‘America First’ in him.
Now, it’s clear that if such a law were to pass, it will be immediately challenged as unconstitutional under the aforementioned amendment. But there is reason to believe that it could pass Supreme Court muster, thanks to some guidance from one of the Justices – Brett Kavanaugh.
Either way, Congress should find out. Trump set this all in motion with his executive order, so Republicans in Congress must give him an assist and let’s see where the chips fall next time around.
