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Jackson Delivers Scathing Birthright Opinion Aimed at Thomas

The divide between the high court’s two Black justices was evident once again on Tuesday.

Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait following the addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Bottom row, from left, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito, and Justice Elena Kagan. Top row, from left, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Justice Neil Gorsuch, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order that would have denied citizenship to children born to parents in the U.S. temporarily or illegally, a policy that Justice Clarence Thomas viewed favorably in a dissenting opinion. J. Scott Applewhite/AP

By Angie Orellana Hernandez

June 30, 2026 02:37 p.m.

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