Supreme Court takes up Trump birthright citizenship order in high-profile oral arguments
The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments Wednesday in Trump v. Barbara, a case challenging President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens and other non-U.S. citizens. Trump is expected to attend the oral arguments in person.
President Trump to attend Supreme Court oral arguments on birthright citizenship
President Donald Trump is set to attend the Supreme Court's oral arguments regarding his executive order banning birthright citizenship on Wednesday, according to the White House schedule.
His presence would be the first time a sitting president has ever personally attended oral arguments before the nation's highest court.
The order in question seeks to end automatic citizenship — or "birthright citizenship" — for nearly all persons born in the U.S. to undocumented parents, or to parents with temporary non-immigrant visas in the U.S.
The stakes in the case are high, putting on a collision course more than a century of executive branch action, Supreme Court precedent, and the text of the Constitution itself — or, more specifically, the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment.
Trump administration officials view the order, and the high court's consideration of the case, as a key component of his hardline immigration agenda — an issue that has become a defining feature of his second White House term.
Fox News' Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report.
Who is opposing Trump's birthright citizenship order?
President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship for illegal aliens prompted a flurry of lawsuits in the days after its signing last year.
Critics argued that, among other things, the order violated the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to "all persons born … in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States."
ACLU legal director Cecillia Wang will argue against Trump's order before the court on Wednesday.
Who will argue on behalf of the Trump admin?
President Donald Trump's administration will be represented by Solicitor General John Sauer during oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Sauer urged the high court to take up the birthright citizenship case last October, arguing that a pair of lower court rulings were overly broad and relied on the "mistaken view" that "birth on U.S. territory confers citizenship on anyone subject to the regulatory reach of U.S. law."
"Those decisions confer, without lawful justification, the privilege of American citizenship on hundreds of thousands of unqualified people," he said at the time.
SCOTUS to weigh future birthright citizenship protections for millions — here's what's at stake
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will weigh the legality of President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship in the U.S. — a landmark court fight that could profoundly impact the lives of millions of Americans and lawful U.S. residents.
At issue in the case, Trump v. Barbara, is an executive order Trump signed on his first day back in office. The order in question seeks to end automatic citizenship — or "birthright citizenship" — for nearly all persons born in the U.S. to undocumented parents, or to parents with temporary non-immigrant visas in the U.S.
The stakes in the case are high, putting on a collision course more than a century of executive branch action, Supreme Court precedent, and the text of the Constitution itself — or, more specifically, the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment.
Trump administration officials view the order, and the high court's consideration of the case, as a key component of his hardline immigration agenda — an issue that has become a defining feature of his second White House term.
Opponents argue the effort is unconstitutional and unprecedented, and could impact an estimated 150,000 children born in the U.S. annually to non-citizens.
A ruling in Trump's favor would represent a seismic shift for immigration policy in the U.S., and would upend long-held notions of citizenship that Trump and his allies argue are misguided. It would also yield immediate, operational consequences for infants born in the U.S., putting the impetus on Congress and the Trump administration to immediately act to clarify their status.
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Breanne Deppisch.
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