Activists to rally about 14th Amendment at Supreme Court

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Source: USA Today

Updated July 2, 2026, 11:48 a.m. ET


Demonstrators from across the country will gather outside the Supreme Court on July 9 to celebrate the 158th birthday of the 14th Amendment and protest what they call attempts by the Trump administration to undermine "the backbone for every civil rights victory in American history."

The protest, which organizers have named the "Let's Get Free" march, will go forward regardless of the Supreme Court's ruling June 30 upholding birthright citizenship, which is guaranteed under the 14th Amendment, organizers said.

"For the past 158 years, the 14th Amendment has guaranteed if you were born here, you are American. But it also calls for as a constitutional right equal protection, and that's the backbone of every major civil rights victory in American history," said LaDon Love, executive director of SPACEs In Action, a nonprofit advocacy organization. "I think of July 9 as a moment to come together under the banner of liberty, under the banner of freedom."

The march will begin at the steps of the Supreme Court and continue to the National Mall, where there will be a rally and concert. Organizers expect several thousand attendees.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/02/birthright-citizenship-ruling-14th-amendment-rally/90660738007/

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1. "the backbone for every civil rights victory in American history."

Rights conservatives want to be destroyed by eliminating 14th Amendment jurisprudence – substantive due process and incorporation doctrine in particular, where the Bill of Rights is no longer applied to the states, where Republican-controlled states can again disadvantage and discriminate against Americans of color, gay and transgender Americans, and immigrants.