Key quotes from the supreme court birthright ruling: ‘Citizenship is the right to have rights’

John Roberts wrote majority opinion, while Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote concurring opinion and Brett Kavanaugh dissented in part

• Explainer: What is birthright citizenship?

Supreme court decisions often provide a window into the court's ideological leanings and judicial philosophies. In recent years, the court, which is composed of six conservative and three liberal justices, has issued rulings that have dramatically reshaped the federal government and American life.

On Tuesday, the court struck down Donald Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship, delivering a blow to a central piece of the Trump administration's agenda in one of the most highly anticipated decisions of the term.