US appeals court indicates it might declare Trump’s birthright citizenship order unconstitutional

<p>Judges express deep skepticism about a key piece of the US president’s hardline immigration agenda</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump’s</a> order restricting birthright citizenship appeared on Friday to be headed toward <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/24/trump-push-to-ban-birthright-citizenship-unconstitutional-us-court-rules">being declared unconstitutional</a> by a second federal appeals court, as judges expressed deep skepticism about a key piece of the US president’s hardline <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/usimmigration">immigration</a> agenda.</p><p>A three-judge panel of the Boston-based first US circuit court of appeals sharply questioned a lawyer with the federal justice department as to why they should overturn two lower-court judges who blocked the order from taking effect.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/judge-trump-birthright-citizenship-unconstitutional">Continue reading...</a>