Common Cause is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect birthright citizenship in Trump v. Barbara, a challenge to the Trump Administration’s attempt to ignore the 14El Amendment of the Constitution. The group recently filed an escrito de amicus defending birthright citizenship and its central role in our democracy.  

In early 2025, President Trump issued an executive order attempting to end the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of citizenship to everyone born in the United States. Federal courts swiftly blocked the order, recognizing it as a blatant violation of the Constitution.  

As the case reaches its final arguments, Common Cause’s brief remains a critical defense of the Constitution and a warning against this administration’s attempt to betray the Constitution, our democracy, and the rule of law. 

Statement of Virginia Kase Solomón, President & CEO of Common Cause: 

“The Constitution is not a suggestion, and its guarantees do not shift with the political winds of any one president. But this administration is trying to do away with birthright citizenship — the very foundation of what it means to be American and equal rights under the law.  

When the courts allow one president to change the definition of American citizenship with a stroke of a pen, it puts every American citizen at risk. The Supreme Court must reject these unconstitutional overreaches before they cause irreversible harm to our families and our nation’s future. 

The promise of the 14th Amendment is simple: if you are born here, you belong here, and no executive order or president can change that.”