Overview
- The justices will hear arguments Wednesday in Trump v. Barbara, while lower-court rulings keep the policy blocked and a decision is expected by late June.
- Trump’s Jan. 20, 2025 executive order, set to apply to births after Feb. 19, 2025, would deny automatic citizenship to babies born to undocumented parents or to parents on temporary visas.
- The dispute centers on the 14th Amendment’s phrase “subject to the jurisdiction,” with the administration arguing it excludes such children and challengers citing the 1898 Wong Kim Ark precedent and later citizenship statutes.
- A ruling upholding the order could push hospitals and state records offices to verify parents’ status at delivery and could leave some newborns without a clear path to any nationality.
- The Supreme Court last year limited nationwide injunctions in related litigation, and President Trump criticized “dumb” judges and justices on Truth Social ahead of Wednesday’s hearing.