{"id":2622001,"date":"2026-07-01T07:59:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/birthright-citizenship-decision-renews-conservative-feud-with-gop-justices\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T08:02:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:02:44","slug":"birthright-citizenship-decision-renews-conservative-feud-with-gop-justices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/birthright-citizenship-decision-renews-conservative-feud-with-gop-justices\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthright citizenship decision renews conservative feud with GOP justices"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbirthright-citizenship-decision-renews-conservative-feud-with-gop-justices%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2622001&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the Supreme Court&#8217;s recent decision to strike down President Trump&#8217;s executive order that sought to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/courts-consider-temporarily-halting-trump-birthright-citizenship-order\/\" title=\"Courts consider temporarily halting ... ... order\">limit birthright citizenship<\/a> under the 14th Amendment, resulting in disappointment among conservatives despite the Court&#8217;s 6-3 conservative majority. This decision marked the end of a tumultuous Supreme Court term, which was characterized by mixed outcomes for Trump and his supporters, amid ongoing debates about the Court&#8217;s ideological balance and the influence of Republican-appointed justices. The article highlights how historically, Republican presidents have faced challenges maintaining a reliably conservative Supreme Court, with some <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >appointed justices voting unexpectedly liberally<\/a> in key cases such as abortion rights and same-sex marriage. It notes the strategic vetting of nominees by Senate Republicans and the important role of figures like Mitch McConnell in shaping the Court\u2019s composition. Recent rulings, including the overturning of Roe v. Wade through Dobbs,reflect a more conservative-leaning Court,but also reveal internal disagreements and the complex,sometimes unpredictable,nature of judicial conservatism. The piece concludes by emphasizing ongoing conservative discontent,particularly over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-worried-justice-gorsuch-just-set-the-stage-for-an-absurd-birthright-citizenship-ruling\/\" title=\"... Worried Justice Gorsuch Just Set the Stage for an &#039;Absurd ... Ruling&#039;\">birthright citizenship ruling<\/a>,and the potential for lawmakers to pursue a constitutional amendment to challenge the Court\u2019s decision.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\">Supreme Court\u2019s<\/a> birthright citizenship <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4593917\/trump-birthright-citizenship-executive-order-struck-down\/\">decision<\/a> continued a pattern of conservative disappointment with Republican-appointed justices many hoped would end with President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> nominees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 6-3 ruling striking down Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ilhan-omar-is-walking-case-for-higher-u-s-citizenship-standards\/\" title=\"Ilhan Omar Is Walking Case For Higher U.S. Citizenship Standards\">executive order limiting birthright citizenship<\/a> under the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/14th-amendment\/\">14th Amendment<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine-life-arts\/4589968\/reading-and-misreading-the-14th-amendment\/\">wasn\u2019t a surprise to court watchers<\/a>. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4630819\/clarence-thomas-shreds-ruling-devalues-citizenship\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Clarence Thomas shreds ruling that \u2018devalues\u2019 citizenship in Supreme Court dissent<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4631234\/notre-dame-amy-coney-barrett-college-republicans-birthright-citizenship\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Notre Dame GOP group calls Amy Coney Barrett \u2018absolute disgrace\u2019 after birthright citizenship vote<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4630861\/democrats-celebrate-birthright-citizenship-ruling\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Democrats celebrate birthright citizenship ruling but encourage proactivity: \u2018We cannot rest\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it completed a Supreme Court term that was a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4627396\/trump-winning-streak-supreme-court-could-end-birthright-decision\/\">mixed bag for Trump <\/a>and found conservatives in a familiar place: disappointed in the court\u2019s rulings, despite a seemingly durable 6-3 conservative majority and especially with the votes of justices nominated by Republican presidents.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recent decisions have also raised the question of whether Trump could actually afford the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4630543\/npr-retracts-story-announcing-alito-retirement-supreme-court\/\">retirement<\/a> of Justices <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/samuel-alito\/\">Samuel Alito<\/a> or <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/clarence-thomas\/\">Clarence Thomas<\/a>, who have been more conservative \u2014 and often more receptive to his administration\u2019s legal arguments \u2014 than his own nominees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the years, Republican-appointed justices have provided critical votes upholding <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\">abortion<\/a> as a constitutional right, protecting Obamacare, expanding the government\u2019s ability to take private property through eminent domain, establishing a right to same-sex marriage, and otherwise dealing major blows to conservatives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican-appointed justices such as William Brennan, Harry Blackmun, John Paul Stevens, and David Souter have even outright joined the liberal bloc of the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Others, such as Sandra Day O\u2019Connor, Anthony Kennedy, and current Chief Justice <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-roberts\/\">John Roberts<\/a>, have been more conservative but have also been a key swing vote delivering significant liberal victories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is despite the fact that, starting with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ronald-reagan\/\">Ronald Reagan<\/a>, Republican presidents have made a concerted effort to build a reliable conservative majority on the high court. Every four years, GOP presidential candidates promise to nominate conservative justices and lower-court judges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican presidents dating back to Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon have lamented how their Supreme Court picks turned out.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only once has a Democratic appointee to the Supreme Court migrated to the conservative bloc during their tenure: Byron White, who was nominated by John F. Kennedy in 1962.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Democrats allowed Antonin Scalia, long viewed as the model conservative jurist, to be confirmed unanimously in 1986. They put up a bit more resistance to William Rehnquist\u2019s promotion to chief justice, but he, too, was comfortably confirmed by the Republican-controlled Senate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next year, Democrats controlled the Senate and rejected conservative Robert Bork\u2019s nomination. Joe Biden was chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the time. Reagan\u2019s third choice, Anthony Kennedy, was eventually confirmed. George H.W. Bush\u2019s more liberal nominee, David Souter, sailed through the Senate while conservative Clarence Thomas faced a Bork-like battle and was narrowly approved.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After nearly a dozen years of Republican presidents picking justices, the Supreme Court in 1992 heard a case conservatives hoped and liberals feared would overturn <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/roe-v-wade\/\">Roe v. Wade<\/a><\/em>. Senate Democrats had worried that Thomas would be the pivotal fifth anti-<em>Roe <\/em>vote. Instead, Kennedy authored <em>Planned Parenthood v. Casey<\/em>, upholding the core holding of <em>Roe<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thirty years later, the Supreme Court majority assembled by Trump with the assistance of then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was built differently. All three Trump-appointed justices voted to overturn <em>Roe <\/em>in <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health-organization\/\">Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/a>. <\/em>Trump had made specific commitments to nominate conservatives during the 2016 campaign and prioritized toughness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the groundwork was laid pre-Trump. Senate Republicans revolted against George W. Bush\u2019s nomination of Harriet Miers, fearing she might be neither conservative nor rigorous enough. Miers was withdrawn and replaced with Alito, who later authored <em>Dobbs <\/em>and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4538124\/alito-justice-reshaped-supreme-court-restored-constitution-book-review\/\">anchored<\/a> the Trump-era conservative majority. Republicans began to more carefully vet their prospective nominees for stealth liberalism.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The McConnell-led Senate GOP kept Scalia\u2019s seat open for months after his 2016 death, refusing to allow so much as a hearing on Barack Obama\u2019s selection of Merrick Garland. Trump got to choose Scalia\u2019s replacement, not Obama.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the Republican base is more result-oriented than the conservative legal networks from which the current conservative majority is drawn. Trump is even more results-oriented and was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4472621\/tariffs-ruling-trump-supreme-court-nomination\/\">especially outraged <\/a>when the court struck down his tariffs earlier this year. Conservative policy goals aren\u2019t always consistent with an originalist interpretation of the Constitution, and sometimes legal conservatives disagree among themselves (as do political conservatives in the MAGA age).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roberts, as chief justice, has been conscious of protecting the court\u2019s reputation from liberal perceptions and increasingly vocal Democratic arguments that it has become a partisan institution thanks to GOP-appointed justices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This has led to further disappointments for both the Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> and movement conservatives, though there have been numerous victories as well. Progressives have far more reason to be angry at the court, which they <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/4626952\/democrats-mislead-about-supreme-court-cases-court-packing-agenda\/\">seek to undermine<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4563975\/tushnet-boomerang-liberal-law-professor-revolution\/\">delegitimize<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/fairness-justice\/4619538\/keep-supreme-court-nine-justices-congress\/\">pack with liberal justices<\/a>. Democrats claim the Supreme Court is in Trump\u2019s pocket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4512165\/tough-questions-birthright-citizenship-supreme-court\/\"><strong>TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FACES TOUGH QUESTIONS ON BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP AT SUPREME COURT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the birthright citizenship case highlights that conservative disaffection with the court isn\u2019t over. Justice <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/amy-coney-barrett\/\">Amy Coney Barrett<\/a> bears the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4629173\/trumpworld-buyers-remorse-amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court\/\">brunt of the criticism<\/a>, though not even Justice <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/neil-gorsuch\/\">Neil Gorsuch<\/a>, the only Trump-nominated dissenter, appeared ready to disqualify the children of illegal immigrants from birthright citizenship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump is on the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3426215\/trump-blame-tariff-ruling-federalist-society-leonard-leo-judicial-nominations\/\">outs with the Federalist Society,<\/a> an important conservative legal network that helped him build the current court majority, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpeakerJohnson\/status\/2072043987352105050?s=20\">Republican lawmakers<\/a> are likely to push a constitutional amendment to reverse the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roberts-inquires-why-birth-tourism-should-matter-to-discuss-birthright-citizenship\/\" title=\"Roberts inquires why birth tourism should matter to discuss ...\">birthright citizenship decision<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court birthright ruling disappoints conservatives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2659,"featured_media":2622002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26056104361896.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[46489,62260,82021,36382],"class_list":["post-2622001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-birthright-citizenship","tag-conservative-justice","tag-gop-feud","tag-immigration-policy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26056104361896.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2622001"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2622005,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622001\/revisions\/2622005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2622002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2622001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2622001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2622001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}