True or False: The Supreme Court's ruling definitively resolved whether Trump's birthright citizenship order violates the Constitution.

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False. The Supreme Court explicitly avoided ruling on whether Trump's executive order violates the Fourteenth Amendment's citizenship clause. The decision focused entirely on the procedural question of when judges can issue nationwide injunctions, leaving the underlying constitutional question unresolved. Trump's order may still be ruled unconstitutional when courts eventually address the merits, but in the meantime, the policy can take partial effect. The Court's refusal to address constitutional substance while restricting constitutional protection shows how procedural rulings can achieve political outcomes while avoiding accountability.

True or False: The Supreme Court's ruling definitively resolved whether Trump's birthright citizenship order violates the Constitution.

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