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By Caitlin Tremblay

U.S. Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to restrict birthright citizenship

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Handing President Trump a stinging defeat, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his audacious attempt to restrict birthright citizenship in the United States - a right long woven into the fabric of American society - scuttling one of his top priorities in his crackdown on immigration.

The 6-3 ruling marked the second time this year that the court has invalidated a major Trump initiative, following its February decision to strike down his sweeping global tariffs.

Read the opinion here.

More rulings:

The court again struck down campaign spending limits, this time rejecting federal restrictions on coordinated spending between political parties and their candidates on free speech grounds. Read the opinion here.
The court also cleared the way for states to impose restrictions on transgender student athletes, upholding laws in Idaho and West Virginia banning them from female sports teams - a contentious issue enmeshed in the nation's culture ‌wars. Read the opinion here.

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