Gorsuch hints at potential limits of birthright citizenship in Trump order

TL;DR
Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote a brief dissent in the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship ruling, suggesting the Trump administration's order could face constitutional challenges if applied to children born to parents unlawfully present; he contrasts that with the majority's view that birthright citizenship attaches to anyone born in the United States under the Fourteenth Amendment, a point Chief Justice Roberts framed with the 'soil, not blood' principle.
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