Supreme Court birthright citizenship ruling imperils national security: Mike Johnson

Published June 30, 2026 5:58pm ET | Updated June 30, 2026 5:58pm ET



House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) criticized the Supreme Court’s ruling against President Donald Trump’s executive order banning birthright citizenship, claiming it jeopardized national security.

Conservatives were broadly outraged over Tuesday’s ruling, which ruled 6-3 that Trump’s executive order was unlawful and 5-4 that it was unconstitutional, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a Trump nominee, joining the justices nominated by Democratic presidents both times. While the head of the executive was outraged over the ruling, so was one of the heads of the legislative branch.

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