The Supreme Court is reviewing President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship, a move that could reshape immigration policy and judicial authority. The justices are weighing whether to block the order entirely or limit the scope of nationwide injunctions, a legal tool that has repeatedly stalled Trump’s policies.
Trump’s order seeks to deny citizenship to children born in the U.S. if neither parent is a citizen or lawful permanent resident. This would overturn more than 125 years of legal precedent, including the landmark 1898 Wong Kim Ark case, which affirmed that the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to nearly all individuals born on U.S. soil.
Lower courts have uniformly blocked the order, arguing that it violates constitutional protections. The Supreme Court is now considering whether district judges have overstepped their authority by issuing nationwide injunctions that prevent enforcement of the policy across the country.
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