Supreme Court birthright citizenship ruling ‘a tremendous betrayal’ says Heritage chief

Kevin Roberts, the president of the conservative Heritage Foundation, called the Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday upholding birthright citizenship a “tremendous betrayal of the public.”

“The Justices in the majority have inflamed the all-out assault on our sovereignty and cheapened the sacred value of American citizenship,” Roberts wrote on social platform X.

“Universal birthright citizenship erases any uniquely American birthright—a distortion that was never the meaning or intention of the 14th Amendment. It is time for a constitutional amendment to correct this gross injustice,” he said.

Roberts was responding to a 6-3 ruling by the court that found President Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship are unconstitutional.

Chief Justice John Roberts, joined in the majority by all three liberal justices and Justice Amy Coney Barrett, wrote the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to children born in the U.S. — even those born to parents in the country unlawfully.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh, meanwhile, disagreed with his fellow five justices in the........

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