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Trump Pressures Supreme Court on Birthright Citizenship Case

Early signs from oral arguments suggest the order faces long odds under the 14th Amendment.

Pro and anti-Trump demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court, before justices hear oral arguments on whether President Donald Trump can deny citizenship to children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily, on Capitol Hill, in Washington on April 1, 2026.
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Overview

  • Trump, in a 1 a.m. Monday post, urged justices to “study” Mark Levin’s Fox segment and called birthright citizenship a “money making HOAX.”
  • At Wednesday’s Supreme Court hearing, several conservatives on the bench questioned the administration’s “domicile” theory and pressed Solicitor General D. John Sauer on his sources.
  • The executive order remains blocked nationwide, and the Court is expected to rule by late June or July.
  • If the order were upheld, researchers estimate about 250,000 U.S.-born babies a year could be denied citizenship, and civil-rights briefs warn some people could even face statelessness.
  • The 1898 Wong Kim Ark ruling has long held that almost anyone born in the U.S. is a citizen, with narrow exceptions for children of diplomats or hostile occupiers.