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The birthright citizenship case before SCOTUS.
Justices questioned the administration’s reading of the 14th Amendment as four conservative appointees pressed for limits on who can claim citizenship.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump attended Supreme Court oral arguments regarding his executive order restricting birthright citizenship, marking a rare appearance by a sitting president. He left the courtroom before proceedings concluded.
- Trump signed the executive order on his first day in his second term, asserting it 'restores the original meaning' of the 14th Amendment. Lower courts blocked the measure, prompting the Supreme Court merit review.
- Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued that a child's parents must be legal residents to confer citizenship, but Justice Neil Gorsuch and Justice Brett Kavanaugh questioned this reliance on the 1898 Wong Kim Ark precedent.
- Chief Justice John Roberts expressed skepticism, noting, "we're in a new world now" where eight billion people could access U.S. citizenship by birth. Observers predict the administration will likely lose at least 7-2.
- The 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause was designed to provide citizenship to formerly enslaved people while excluding children of foreign diplomats and enemy soldiers. The Court's ruling is expected to settle the legal question definitively.
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The Birthright Citizenship Arguments Are a Reminder that the Independent Judiciary Is a Good Thing
Adding to his list of broken norms and precedents, on April 1, President Donald Trump sat in the audience during the Supreme Court’s oral arguments over his executive order ending birthright citizenship. As the court’s sketch artist captured, Trump stared down the justices as they questioned his Solicitor General, D. John Sauer. The president left early, walking out while the plaintiff’s lawyer presented. The Associated Press characterized Trum…
There is a 'Popularized Conception of Birthright Citizenship, Which May Not be Accurate'
My quick take on SCOTUS oral argument: "I think one of the big takeaways is this challenge to birthright citizenship has been dismissed as frivolous, as meaningless, as bad faith. But these Justices took it very seriously."
Inside the SCOTUS birthright citizenship case and what it means for New York
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on President Donald Trump's efforts to end birthright citizenship, a concept enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, with several New York political figures and advocacy groups involved in the case.
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