Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and other prominent New England Democrats are celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday to strike down President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship.

“Look, birthright citizenship, that’s Donald Trump trying to rewrite the Constitution. The Supreme Court said, ‘You can’t do that,’ so that’s a good decision, and we’ll move forward from there,” Healey told the media following the ruling. “Unfortunately, that’s what Donald Trump has been trying to do with the whole birthright citizenship, with so many things — make up his own rules as he goes along.”

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell also issued a statement in response to Tuesday’s ruling.

“For more than 150 years, the Fourteenth Amendment has stood as a cornerstone of equal protection under the law, born out of our nation’s fight to end slavery and oppression,” she said. “Without the Fourteenth Amendment, I could not have run to become Attorney General of Massachusetts. Today, the Supreme Court left in place the principle that the President cannot rewrite the Constitution by executive order, and birthright citizenship remains settled law.”

“I am also mindful that this was a razor thin victory,” Campbell added. “That should remind all of us that our rights and freedoms are not self-executing. Some continue to test the limits of our Constitution in an effort to narrow who belongs in this country, who gets to fully participate in our democracy, and who gets to make those decisions.”

“People born in the U.S. are American citizens,” New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan said on X. “President Trump’s effort to undermine this principle was wrong and unconstitutional. I’m glad the court struck it down — and thank you to the Granite Staters who helped protect this foundational right.”

“Today’s decision is an incredible relief to the thousands of United States citizens born on American soil, whose citizenship is incontrovertible. In America we follow the language of the Constitution, not the edicts of pretend Kings,” Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal added.

“Rarely does this MAGA-packed Supreme Court grow a pair and stand up to Trump,” Massachusetts Rep. Jim McGovern said. “Thankfully, today, they reaffirmed a basic truth: if you’re born in this country, you are a citizen of this country. A big win for the Constitution, the rule of law, and our fundamental freedoms.”

Here’s what some other local lawmakers had to say:

“Birthright citizenship is enshrined in the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. I’m relieved that the Supreme Court ruled in line with an amicus brief I led and struck down the President’s unconstitutional and obsessive attempts to revoke citizenship from children born in the US,” New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen said.

“If you’re born in America, you’re American. That fundamental truth has been affirmed today — a decisive blow to the vile MAGA campaign to redefine who we are as a people. This is an important victory. But we know our fight to uphold justice, opportunity, and dignity for all must continue,” Massachusetts Rep. Katherine Clark said.

“The Supreme Court confirms what we already knew: birthright citizenship is constitutional and will remain the law of the land. Amid other terrible decisions, even this racist effort from Donald Trump and Stephen Miller to dictate who and what is “American” was beyond the pale,” Vermont Rep. Becca Balint said.

“Today, the Supreme Court affirmed what our Constitution has made plain for more than 150 years: if you are born in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction, you are an American citizen,” New Hampshire Rep. Maggie Goodlander said. “We fought President Trump’s Executive Order from the moment it was issued. Today is a good day for our Constitution, for families across this country, and for the cornerstone principle that in America, birthright citizenship cannot be stripped away by presidential decree.”

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