The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in May regarding President Donald Trump\u2019s executive order limiting birthright citizenship.<\/p>\n
Signed on his first day in office, the order reinterprets the 14th Amendment to deny automatic U.S. citizenship to children born to non-legal residents.<\/p>\n
Lower courts blocked the order, and appeals courts upheld those decisions. The Justice Department filed emergency appeals, prompting the Supreme Court to take the unusual step of scheduling a late-term hearing.<\/p>\n
Trump argues the 14th Amendment was intended for formerly enslaved individuals, not for children of undocumented immigrants or tourists. He claims many legal scholars support his view.<\/p>\n
The administration contends that people not lawfully in the U.S. are still under their home country\u2019s jurisdiction, thus not qualifying for birthright citizenship under the Constitution.<\/p>\n