Trump Administration Seeks Supreme Court Approval for Birthright Citizenship Restrictions
The Trump administration requests the Supreme Court to uplift restrictions on an executive order limiting birthright citizenship during ongoing legal disputes.
The heightened pace of activity also reflects how quickly Trump has moved, less than two months in office, to fire thousands of federal workers, upend tens of billions of dollars in foreign and domestic aid, roll back the rights of transgender people and restrict birthright citizenship.
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Trump's gambit was widely panned by journalists, attorneys and others as both illegal and impossible to practically implement.
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Lower court judges haven’t seemed to think the underlying constitutional question is a close one.
Trump administration takes its birthright citizenship fight to the Supreme Court
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The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court Thursday to overturn lower court orders blocking the president's day-one executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship.
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to partly allow birthright citizenship restrictions
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Summary
The Trump administration is appealing to the Supreme Court to allow its executive order restricting birthright citizenship to partially take effect. The order, which denies citizenship to children born to undocumented parents after February 19, faces opposition from multiple states and organizations citing constitutional violations. The Justice Department argues that lower court rulings on nationwide injunctions overstep judicial authority. This appeal focuses not on the order's constitutionality but on narrowing the scope of existing legal restrictions while litigation continues.
Perspectives
The Trump administration is appealing to the Supreme Court to lift nationwide injunctions against its executive order restricting birthright citizenship, arguing that these broad orders undermine executive authority and the states challenging the order lack standing.
The administration claims the executive order aligns with a specific interpretation of the 14th Amendment, insisting that it does not grant universal citizenship to all individuals born in the U.S. to illegal immigrant parents.
A key argument presented is that limiting injunctions to only the parties involved would prevent an overreach by individual judges, as many conservative justices have historically raised concerns about the overuse of nationwide injunctions.