President Trump attended the arguments but left after the government presented its case. Multiple justices seemed skeptical of his efforts to bar children of undocumented immigrants or temporary residents from automatically being Americans.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday is hearing a case that could upend what generations of Americans have understood: that nearly all children born in the United States are automatically citizens.
President Trump, who attended the arguments but left after the government presented its case, has tried to strictly limit birthright citizenship. He signed an executive order he signed on his first day back in office, arguing that babies born on U.S. soil to undocumented immigrants and temporary foreign visitors were ineligible. A victory in the Supreme Court would have sweeping practical consequences, stripping citizenship from some
200,000 babies born each year.
The justices, including members of the court’s conservative supermajority — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., Justice Neil M. Gorsuch and Justice Amy Coney Barrett — seemed troubled by aspects of the administration’s position. Chief Justice Roberts referred to a key part of the government’s argument as “
quirky.”
The 14th. Amendment is very clear on this, the citizenship status of parents is NOT discussed.
Fourteenth Amendment, Section 1:
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
The 14th. Amendment also guarantees the
Right To Due Process. It is in the Constitution, live with it.
