NPR News: 06-30-2026 2AM EDT

Giles Snyder· Host0:01

Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Tuesday marks the final opinion day for the US Supreme Court. The Court has four cases left to decide, including President Trump's challenge to birthright citizenship. At the White House Monday, Trump said he will accept the Court's decision, but that it would be bad for the country if it goes against him.

Donald Trump· Soundbite0:22

It's tremendously destructive. It's extremely costly. I don't know. It's up to them, but in terms of for the good of the country, it'd be great if they did the-- they, they didn't allow it. It would be great.

Giles Snyder· Host0:35

Trump repeated the claim that the US is the only country that grants birthright citizenship. But according to the Pew Research Center, more than thirty other countries have similar birthright citizenship laws. On Monday, the Supreme Court preserved the ability of states to count postmarked ballots that arrive after Election Day, upholding a Mississippi law. Here's NPR's Ashley Lopez.

Ashley Lopez0:57

In a five-four ruling where two conservative justices, Amy Coney Barrett and John Roberts, sided with the liberal wing of the Court, they said that Mississippi's law isn't violating federal statute. Justice Barrett authored the, this opinion. She wrote that states have the right to maintain some latitude in how they run their elections, which includes how they run their mail-in ballot programs. And while this might be out of step with President Trump and some GOP officials, this is actually historically a, a pretty conservative principle. The majority also said in clear language that voting is happening when voters fill out a ballot- Mm-hmm ... not when ballots are making their