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No. 162

Topic: 14th-Amendment

Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order: What the Law Says, What Wong Kim Ark Held, and What the Supreme Court Decided

Verdicts: 1 Mostly True

Trump’s Jan. 2025 EO on birthright citizenship is accurately described but overstates Wong Kim Ark’s scope. SCOTUS settled it 6-3 in June 2026: the EO is unconstitutional.

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