First: Chief Justice John Roberts’ majority opinion for the court in the landmark Trump v. Barbara decision yesterday reached the right result – a complete repudiation of President Donald Trump’s lawless executive order 14160 seeking to end birthright citizenship. Hurrah!
Second: the court based its ruling on the right document – the Constitution itself, and not a mere statute. Hurrah!
Third: the court gave America the right reason for its action: equal birthright citizenship for all born on American soil and under the American flag. Hurrah!
As a partial guide to this momentous decision, the table below excerpts 14 key passages from the chief justice’s landmark majority opinion, alongside parallel precursor passages in Akhil’s Feb. 23 amicus brief filed by Vik and parallel precursor passages in our various March SCOTUSblog columns.
