Supreme Court to Weigh Trump's Birthright Citizenship Ban
Source: nytimes.com
- The Supreme Court will hear arguments on April 17 about President Trump's executive order trying to end birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants.
- The order, issued on Trump's first day back in office, denies citizenship to babies born in the U.S. if neither parent is a citizen or legal permanent resident.
- A lower court blocked the order nationwide, setting up this major constitutional showdown.
The New York Times opinion piece examines the upcoming Supreme Court case on birthright citizenship, sparked by President Trump's executive order challenging the 14th Amendment's guarantee of citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil. It involves the Trump administration pushing to reinterpret "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" to exclude children of undocumented parents, opposed by immigrant rights groups and Democratic states. The core argument is whether presidents can unilaterally alter a b