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President Donald Trump lost his Supreme Court bid to restrict birthright citizenship through executive order, but one of his own appointees may have handed Republicans a blueprint for pursuing much of the same goal through Congress.
Voting with the 6-3 majority, Justice Brett Kavanaugh agreed that Executive Order 14160, which restricts automatic citizenship to people born to U.S. citizens or permanent residents, couldn’t take effect. But in a concurring opinion, he also pointed to a different path forward. Kavanaugh argued the court should have resolved the case under federal law rather than the Constitution, laying out a potential legislative path for Congress to pursue changes to birthright citizenship.
Congress first wrote the 14th Amendment’s birthright citizenship language into federal law in 1940, then carried it over into the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952.
Because Congress adopted that language after the Supreme Court’s landmark 1898 decision in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, which established that most people born in the United States automatically become U.S. citizens, Kavanaugh said lawmakers effectively incorporated the court’s interpretation into federal statute.
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Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on his nomination to the Supreme Court, on Capitol Hill, Sept. 27, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images)
Kavanaugh said Trump couldn’t use an executive order to change a law Congress had already passed, but instead suggested Congress could rewrite the law to limit birthright citizenship for children born to parents who are in the country illegally or temporarily.
«Congress could — consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment—amend §1401(a) or otherwise enact new legislation establishing exceptions to birthright citizenship for children born to foreign citizens unlawfully or temporarily in the country,» he wrote.
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Demonstrators rally in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 2026. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
Kavanaugh argued that large-scale illegal immigration and modern international travel have created circumstances the Reconstruction Congress never envisioned. In his view, that gives Congress room to establish new exceptions to birthright citizenship that are comparable to the historical exceptions recognized under the citizenship clause, including children born to foreign diplomats and enemy forces occupying U.S. territory.
«Those two categories of foreign citizens—namely, those unlawfully or temporarily in the country—are relevantly similar to the four categories of persons recognized as exceptions in Wong Kim Ark,» Kavanaugh wrote.
While the majority rejected Kavanaugh’s constitutional reasoning, Republicans quickly seized on the idea that any future effort to limit birthright citizenship would have to come through Congress rather than the White House.
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Hours after the Supreme Court’s ruling came out, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said birthright citizenship has «been abused» and suggested that Congress will have to amend the Constitution.
«It’s one of those things that was intended to serve a noble and important purpose and has been thwarted and overused and abused,» Johnson told reporters. «I’m sure that the conclusion from this decision is you have to amend the Constitution to fix that.»
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., renewed his push for a constitutional amendment to end birthright citizenship, arguing that legislation alone would not be enough.
Demonstrators rally in support of birthright citizenship outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 2026. (Mandel Ngan/Getty Images)
«I introduced a constitutional amendment months ago, actually, to fix birthright citizenship,» Paul wrote on X. «After the Supreme Court decision, that amendment matters more than ever. I’m asking my colleagues to take it seriously and help me get this passed.»
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, echoed Paul’s calls to pass a constitutional amendment.
«The long fight for a constitutional amendment begins now,» Lee wrote on X. «We must explicitly exclude foreign nationals who break our laws, violate our borders, or exploit loopholes to make their families American.»
Trump argued that Congress could change birthright citizenship through legislation instead of a constitutional amendment.
«No long and unwieldy Constitutional Amendment is necessary!» Trump wrote on Truth Social. «Congress should start TODAY to work on ending expensive and unfair to our Country, Birthright Citizenship. They will have my Complete and Total Support!»
Several Republicans quickly pointed to existing legislation, including Sen. Tom Cotton’s, R-Ark., Constitutional Citizenship Clarification Act, as well as proposals from Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Rick Scott, R-Fla., aimed at cracking down on birth tourism.
Meanwhile, the Justice Department indicated it would shift tactics, announcing a crackdown on birth tourism by targeting alleged visa fraud and related criminal conduct rather than attempting to enforce Executive Order 14160.
But, Kavanaugh’s roadmap is far from a guarantee. On the constitutional question, a 5-4 majority concluded that the citizenship clause itself protects birthright citizenship, meaning any congressional effort to restrict it through ordinary legislation would likely face immediate constitutional challenges.
«Justice Thomas says in the final paragraph of his dissent that he’s not confident that the decision is going to stand the test of time, so it could well be that the court would revisit it if Congress were to take the steps that Justice Kavanaugh describes,» Notre Dame Law School professor Haley Proctor told Fox News Digital. «This is an important decision. I don’t think the court’s going to revisit it lightly, and the only sure way to get a new answer here would be to amend the Constitution.»
Kavanaugh offered a similar roadmap in a recent Trump case over tariffs. In that case, the Supreme Court ruled that a federal emergency law known as IEEPA did not give Trump the authority to impose sweeping tariffs. But Kavanaugh argued the administration had simply relied on the wrong legal authority instead of rejecting the policy outright.
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«The Court today concludes that the President checked the wrong statutory box by relying on IEEPA rather than another statute to impose these tariffs,» Kavanaugh wrote.
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Instead, Kavanaugh said Trump could rely on several existing trade laws to impose many of the same tariffs, though those laws would require additional legal steps.
Trump later called Kavanaugh his «new hero» in a Truth Social post praising the justice’s dissent in the February tariff decision.
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La mayor estafa ganadera de Uruguay dejó un rojo de USD 272 millones: Justicia confirmó cifras de Conexión Ganadera
La Justicia uruguaya confirmó los números finales de la que es considerada la mayor estafa del país: el fondo pecuario Conexión Ganadera tiene un pasivo de USD 387 millones de dólares y un activo de USD 115 millones.
Conexión Ganadera se encargaba de captar el dinero de inversores para comprar ganado y, a cambio, pagaba una renta fija de, al menos, 7% anual. En realidad, el funcionamiento de esta empresa era un esquema Ponzi que quedó en evidencia hace un año y medio, cuando reconoció que no tenía dinero para pagar a sus clientes.
En el ámbito penal, el caso ha tenido tres imputados (los tres socios directores, ya que el cuarto se suicidó antes de que se supiera públicamente la crisis de la empresa). Además de esta investigación penal, hay otro proceso en curso en la justicia concursal, que se encarga de la liquidación de la empresa. En este ámbito está puesta la esperanza de los inversores de cobrar parte del dinero invertido.
Según informó El Observador, el síndico del concurso Alfredo Ciavattone entregó al juez Leonardo Méndez los números que confirman el pasivo del grupo económico. La relación activo/pasivo es del 29,8%, lo que hace altamente probable que muchos de los créditos no sean recuperables.
En un escrito, Ciavattone expresó: “Se considera que los acreedores tienen un crédito en el concurso que es derivado de daños y perjuicios verificados como consecuencia de la malversación de sus fondos. Si bien los inversores que contrataron con la concursada pactaron una renta ganadera o interés remuneratorio fijo, la realidad indica que en ningún caso este llegó a generarse. Muy por el contrario, con los recursos existentes en la masa activa de los concursos, ni siquiera puede restituirse el capital invertido”.
Los acreedores de Conexión Ganadera no vieron su patrimonio incrementado sino todo lo contrario: se redujo “gravemente”. Sin embargo, al momento de verificar los créditos se mantuvo “la ficción de su cómputo” para “considerar el principio de tratamiento igualitario entre acreedores de la misma clase”, señaló Ciavattone.
Si bien en la verificación de créditos se contabilizaron USD 115 millones, este monto tiene el problema de que se trata de sumas en su mayoría irrecuperables. Por ejemplo, los mayores montos son cuentas a cobrar a Hernandarias, la tomadora de ganado de Conexión Ganadera, así como a la herencia de Gustavo Basso, uno de los dos directores que se suicidó antes de que se conociera el rojo de la empresa.
Otra de las cuentas a cobrar es la de Don Coraje, que pertenecía a Daniela Cabral, la viuda de Basso, y era también tomadora de ganado. Otras empresas que le deben a Conexión Ganadera están siendo investigadas por el fiscal de Lavado de Activos Enrique Rodríguez.
Los dueños de Conexión Ganadera eran dos personas conocidas en Uruguay, que generaban confianza. Pablo Carrasco, uno de ellos, tenía un alto perfil mediático y solía generar polémica por sus opiniones en la radio. Basso, el otro, era un empresario respetado que colaboraba de forma activa con la comunidad católica de Florida, la ciudad a 100 kilómetros de Montevideo en la que vivía.
La muerte de Basso, el 28 de noviembre de 2024, había generado conmoción. El empresario murió en un accidente de tránsito en su Tesla. En un principio, su siniestro parecía uno más de esos que se cobran decenas de vidas en el país.
Carrasco y su esposa, Ana Iewdiukow, fueron a la cárcel de forma preventiva al ser imputados por estafa y lavado de activos. Lo mismo sucedió con la esposa de Basso, Daniela Cabral, pero en su caso la imputación fue solo por estafa y ahora cumple prisión domiciliaria en un lujoso apartamento en Punta del Este.
El fiscal Enrique Rodríguez señaló tiempo atrás en una audiencia judicial que por la deuda que tiene Conexión Ganadera hace que sean “prácticamente impagables” los créditos que los inversores tienen a su favor.
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The director of the country’s premier American history museum said she has no regrets about any of the museum’s exhibits under her tenure after an expert confronted her with a «shocking» display that he said smeared founding father Benjamin Franklin.
Smithsonian National Museum of American History Director Anthea Hartig faced intense questioning from lawmakers during two Capitol Hill hearings this week. The hearings followed a White House Domestic Policy Council report accusing the museum of using taxpayer dollars and its status as a world-renowned institution to advance a «radical activist ideology.»
During a House hearing on Tuesday, Heritage Foundation expert Mike Gonzalez testified that a multiyear special exhibit titled «The Electric Dr. Franklin» included a display that «pondered whether he had ever done experiments, electrical electroshock on indentured servants or slaves.» Gonzalez testified that the display included this suggestion «without producing any evidence whatsoever,» which he called «shocking.»
«Why smear a founding father such as Ben Franklin by pondering such a really bizarre thing,» asked Gonzalez.
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Smithsonian National Museum of American History Director Anthea Hartig (right) was questioned by House lawmakers on controversies involving the museum, including one exhibit that an expert said amounted to a «smear» against founding father Benjamin Franklin. (GraphicaArtis/Getty Images; Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Immediately after Gonzalez’s testimony, Rep. Brian Jack, R-Ga., confronted Hartig, saying, «We’ve heard a lot of concerning examples as just referenced. Do you have any regrets in your tenure thus far [about] some of the exhibits have been displayed? Do you regret any of the exhibits and if so, which?»
Hartig answered, «I am incredibly proud of the work we’ve done, but we are imperfect and we surely have made mistakes. But I don’t have any regrets.»
Jack pressed further, asking, «Which mistakes would you say you’ve made?»
To which Hartig responded, «There are always factual errors.»
«One of my favorite, currently,» she went on, «is that one of our volunteers has pointed out that we’ve been mislabeling a coin in the American Presidency exhibit for years, and we were, of course, you know, slightly embarrassed about that, but we fixed it.»
Hartig became director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in February 2019. The Benjamin Franklin exhibit opened to the public in 2021 and remained on display through 2025.
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National Museum of American History Director Dr. Anthea Hartig is sworn in during an Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency hearing on Capitol Hill on July 21, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The museum currently has a webpage containing expanded material from the exhibit. The site states that «researchers also used people as conductors to determine how far an electrical charge might travel, and if electrical effects would fade with distance. Franklin wrote about experiments in which he took shocks and used family and friends in these ways, although he seldom identified who in particular assisted him. Indentured servants and enslaved people in his household could also have been used, although we may never know for certain.»
A sweeping new White House report concluded that the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History has become a taxpayer-backed institution of «ideological capture» and «extreme political activism.»
According to the 162-page «Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History» report, delivered on America’s 250th birthday, NMAH treats the American story as a political tool rather than a shared national inheritance.
The White House Domestic Policy Council wrote that the «Smithsonian Institution, and the National Museum of American History in particular, under its current leadership and current interpretive ideology, cannot be trusted to tell America’s story honestly and in a way that is inspiring, unifying, and worthy of our great republic.»
Further, the report said that «by the intention and at the direction of current Museum and Smithsonian leadership, NMAH has become subject to institutional capture by a radical, activist ideology that is fundamentally opposed to telling the noble, honest story of the great country we know and love.»
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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is being called out for being ‘ideologically captured’ and presenting woke revisionist history on the weekend of America’s 250th birthday. (Kevin Carter)
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During her testimony Tuesday, Hartig said that «the Smithsonian takes the concerns raised in the White House Domestic Policy Counsel’s report seriously, and as we continue to fact check the report, we unwaveringly attest that it does not fairly or accurately characterize the full body of work at the museum.»
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She added that «there is always room for improvement, but I also know the beauty and the inspiration and the expertise that lies in our collections, our exhibits, and our programing.»
Fox News Digital reached out to the Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum of American History, and Gonzalez for additional comment.
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