Birthright citizenship ruling: 6-3
The Supreme Court struck down Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship in a 6-3 decision, with Gorsuch as the surprising third dissent.
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David French: The Birthright Citizenship Ruling Should've Been 9-0
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Jun 30, 2026
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Introductions & Breaking NPR Rumor: Alito Resigns?
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Tim Miller opens with a warm introduction for David French — New York Times opinion columnist, Advisory Opinions co-host, former JAG officer — and immediately pivots to a piece of live chaos: two minutes before recording, the Bulwark Slack lit up with an NPR alert claiming Samuel Alito had resigned. Miller had Martha Ann Alito flag-flipping jokes ready to go. The resignation turned out to be an NPR publishing error, a false alarm that briefly made the show feel like it was happening inside a news cycle rather than adjacent to one. The moment captures the frenetic energy of the Supreme Court's final days and sets the tone for an episode that will be absorbing rulings in real time.
Birthright Citizenship Survives — But the 6-3 Margin Is Alarming
The Supreme Court struck down Trump's birthright citizenship executive order, but three justices think a constitutional right can be repealed by executive fiat. The real story isn't that birthright citizenship survived — it's that the margin was far closer than it should have been.
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