After Supreme Court loss, Trump calls on Congress to ban birthright citizenship

Republicans hold only 53 seats in the Senate, meaning a legislative effort, much less a constitutional amendment, currently has no chance of advancing.

President Donald Trump brushed off a major loss Tuesday at the Supreme Court, whose 6-3 decision struck down one of his signature initiatives: an effort to limit birthright citizenship.

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Trump and some of his congressional allies quickly said they weren’t fully giving up the fight, saying they believed one path was to pass a law including the same provisions as his defeated order. But with the current makeup of Congress, that legislation would be dead on arrival.

“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,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “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!”