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DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Review Birthright Citizenship Order as High Court Takes on Trump Cases This Term

Washington Examiner   The Trump administration filed a pair of petitions to the Supreme Court asking the justices to hear appeals on its birthright citizenship order, which could add to the growing list of questions related to President Donald Trump‘s actions that the high court will consider in its term. The two petitions appeared on the Supreme Court’s public docket on Monday after being filed late Friday, and they urged the justices to take appeals in both cases, which were brought by Democrat-led states and a group of people who could be affected by Trump’s order. The question presented to the high court in both petitions centers on the president’s January executive order claiming that birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment does not include children born on U.S. soil to parents who are in the country illegally or on a temporary basis, such as on a visa. The order, which would not be retroactive, states that if one of the parents is a permanent resident or U.S. citizen at the time of the child’s birth, then the child would get citizenship at birth. The Supreme Court has been asked to determine if the executive order is lawful under the 14th Amendment. READ THE…

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