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Trump's 1st bid to end birthright citizenship was rejected by the Supreme Court. The same legal team that successfully challenged President Donald Trump's first bid to end birthright citizenship is asking a federal judge to clarify that the Supreme Court's ruling also blocks a second executive order attempting to target specific children who Trump says are exempt from becoming Americans at birth. Trump's second birthright order -- signed last week as a response to the high court's June ruling -- attempts to deny citizenship to children born on U.S. soil to an "alien enemy," or a "foreign government employee," or a parent who "engaged in a commercial transaction" to obtain citizenship or who are born in a territory where citizenship is not conferred by statute. But its 6-3 decision left little room for additional exemptions. The president's executive order is set to take effect on Sept.
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Court precedent "indicated that the four exceptions were a closed set," Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in a concurring opinion, "meaning that there can be no additional exceptions recognized based on subsequent circumstances or developments.
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