Supreme Court to Hear Trump's Birthright Citizenship Case in May Amid Ongoing Legal Challenges
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Trump's executive order to limit birthright citizenship on May 15, maintaining the status quo as lower courts block the order.
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Several legal challenges arose from Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order, including in Maryland, Washington and Massachusetts.
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Trump has complained about foreign women visiting the United States to give birth and obtain U.S. citizenship for their children.
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The administration instead wants the justices to allow Trump’s plan to go into effect for everyone except the handful of people and groups that sued.
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Beyond impacting the question of birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants, the court's ultimate decision will likely have the even larger impact of finally answering the limits of federal judges' power to decide questions of national and international policy.
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Supporters of the policy point to more than a hundred years of policies that depend on birthright citizenship and assume its validity.
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The federal government under Trump has appealed to the justices in several cases, expressing frustration with lower court rulings against the government.
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To date, every court to have considered Trump's executive order banning birth right citizenship, issued on day one of his administration, has blocked it.
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It has long been widely accepted, including by legal scholars on the left and right, that the Constitution's 14th Amendment confers automatic citizenship to almost anyone born in the United States.
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The dispute over the president's attempt to unwind birthright citizenship is the latest in which the Supreme Court has been asked to intervene, with more requests expected.
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A win for Trump would allow him to enforce a policy that a lower described as “blatantly unconstitutional” throughout most of the nation.
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Summary
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear oral arguments on May 15 regarding President Trump's executive order to limit automatic birthright citizenship. This order, currently blocked by lower court rulings, claims that not all children born in the U.S. should receive citizenship if their parents are undocumented. Legal experts argue that the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship by birth, while the Trump administration seeks to redefine 'jurisdiction' under the amendment. New lawsuits challenge the executive order, which has faced significant opposition, as several states and advocacy groups assert the longstanding constitutional right to citizenship cannot be revoked.
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The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments regarding President Trump's attempts to end birthright citizenship, previously halted by several district courts.
The administration argues the 14th Amendment's clause on citizenship has been misinterpreted and should not apply to children born to non-residents or temporary visa holders.
Legal challenges against the executive order have been consistent, with judges across multiple states blocking its implementation, reinforcing the argument that birthright citizenship is a constitutional right.
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