WE DO HAVE BREAKING NEWS OUT OF THE SUPREME COURT THIS HOUR. THREE DECISIONS HAVE NOW BEEN HANDED DOWN THIS MORNING. THE MOST RECENT ONE, THE SUPREME COURT, UPHOLDING A BROAD CITIZENSHIP, REJECTING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER, DECLARING THE KIDS BORN TO PEOPLE IN THE U.S. ILLEGALLY OR TEMPORARILY ARE NOT AMERICAN CITIZENS. ALSO, THE SUPREME COURT HAS ERASED LIMITS ON HOW MUCH POLITICAL PARTIES CAN SPEND, ALL IN COORDINATION WITH CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS AND PRESIDENT STRIKING DOWN A FEDERAL ELECTION LAW THAT’S MORE THAN 50 YEARS OLD. AND THEN ANOTHER BLOW FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS. THE COURT JUST UPHELD STATE LAWS BANNING TRANSGENDER GIRLS AND WOMEN FROM PLAYING ON SCHOOL TEAMS. THE JUSTICES WERE DIVIDED 6 TO 3 ON THAT ONE. THEY RULED THAT STATE BANS IN IDAHO AND WEST VIRGINIA DO NOT VIOLATE THE CONSTITUTION OR THE FEDERAL LAW KNOWN AS TITLE NINE, AND IT PROHIBITS SEX DISCRIMINATION IN EDUCATION. THE RULING IS LIKELY TO AFFECT 25 OTHER STATES WITH SIMILAR BANS. IT DOES NOT RESOLVE LAWSUITS CHALLENGING LAWS IN CALIFORNIA
California AG Rob Bonta to speak after SCOTUS ruling upholding birthright citizenship
Updated: 10:19 AM PDT Jun 30, 2026
California Attorney General Rob Bonta, a key figure in the pushback against President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship, is set to speak shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the current interpretation of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment.Watch a livestream of Bonta’s news conference below when it beginsTrump’s executive order seeking to limit who can be considered a U.S. citizen was one of the first he signed on the first day of his second term in office. It was also one of Bonta’s first of dozens of lawsuits against him and his administration.During a news conference last year, Bonta noted how California has deep roots with the country’s interpretation of birthright citizenship. He spoke of Wong Kim Ark, a San Francisco-born Chinese man who was told he was not a citizen and that he could not re-enter the country after returning from visiting family in China.| WATCH BELOW | Fighting for birthright citizenship is this Bay Area man’s family legacy Ark, born along Sacramento Street in San Francisco, fought that claim and took his case to the Supreme Court, which made its landmark 1898 ruling that was upheld this Tuesday.”Today’s decision affirms a foundational tenet of American democracy: that every child born in this country, no matter their background, is equal under the law and can pursue the American Dream,” Bonta said in a news release following the SCOTUS ruling. “It’s unconscionable that just hours after swearing to uphold the Constitution, President Trump attempted to rewrite history and the clear text of the 14th Amendment with an executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. The Supreme Court’s decision today is a reminder that, no matter what he might wish, Trump is not a king. I’m proud to have led a multistate coalition to defend birthright citizenship. Rest assured: we will continue to fight to uphold the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution against tyranny in all its forms.”Joining Bonta at a virtual news conference will be the attorneys general from New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut. It is set to begin sometime after 10 a.m.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel | Make KCRA a preferred news source in Google
California Attorney General Rob Bonta, a key figure in the pushback against President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship, is set to speak shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the current interpretation of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment.
Trump’s executive order seeking to limit who can be considered a U.S. citizen was one of the first he signed on the first day of his second term in office. It was also one of Bonta’s first of dozens of lawsuits against him and his administration.
During a news conference last year, Bonta noted how California has deep roots with the country’s interpretation of birthright citizenship. He spoke of Wong Kim Ark, a San Francisco-born Chinese man who was told he was not a citizen and that he could not re-enter the country after returning from visiting family in China.
| WATCH BELOW | Fighting for birthright citizenship is this Bay Area man’s family legacy
Ark, born along Sacramento Street in San Francisco, fought that claim and took his case to the Supreme Court, which made its landmark 1898 ruling that was upheld this Tuesday.
“Today’s decision affirms a foundational tenet of American democracy: that every child born in this country, no matter their background, is equal under the law and can pursue the American Dream,” Bonta said in a news release following the SCOTUS ruling. “It’s unconscionable that just hours after swearing to uphold the Constitution, President Trump attempted to rewrite history and the clear text of the 14th Amendment with an executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. The Supreme Court’s decision today is a reminder that, no matter what he might wish, Trump is not a king. I’m proud to have led a multistate coalition to defend birthright citizenship. Rest assured: we will continue to fight to uphold the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution against tyranny in all its forms.”
Joining Bonta at a virtual news conference will be the attorneys general from New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut. It is set to begin sometime after 10 a.m.
See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel | Make KCRA a preferred news source in Google