Supreme Court Weighs Ending Birthright Citizenship

The Supreme Court just heard arguments on President Trump's executive order trying to scrap

birthright citizenship for kids born in the U.S. too.

Undocumented parents or folks on temporary visas.

Justices look ready to shut it down and stick with the longstanding rule from the 14th Amendment

that anyone born on American soil is A. Citizen, as long as they're under U.S. jurisdiction.

Trump signed the order right after his 2025 inauguration and even showed up in person for

the arguments, which is rare for a sitting, president.

This comes after the court already smack down his big tariff plans earlier this year, marking

another potential loss.

Solicitor General D. John Sauer pushed a narrow read of the 14th Amendment, saying it only

covered kids of freed slaves back in the day, not immigrants.

But Chief Justice John Roberts called that idea quirky and conservatives like Neil Gorsuch,

Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett joined the Liberals in pushing back hard.

The ACLU Cecilia Wang hammered home how the 1898 Wang Kim Mark ruling locked in birthright

citizenship for almost everyone born.

Here, no matter their parent status, she herself was born to student visa holders.

Experts warn ending it could leave millions stateless messing with who counts as American.

Lower courts blocked the order before and last year the Supreme Court curbed nationwide

injunctions but didn't touch the core issue.

A rulings due by late June or early July, which could fire up Trump's immigration push

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