Supreme Court: birthright citizenship decision today
The Hill reports:
Birthright citizenship
President Trump's banner immigration policy hangs in the balance.
The Supreme Court is set to decide whether Trump's restrictions on birthright citizenship can stand, or if they are unconstitutional.
It's a major test for the 14th Amendment, which guarantees citizenship to all persons born on U.S. soil and "subject to the jurisdiction thereof."
The president's executive order, which has not gone into effect amid legal challenges, limits birthright citizenship to children with at least one parent with citizenship or permanent legal status.
It upends the conventional understanding that the 14th Amendment leaves room for only narrow exceptions, like babies born on enemy warships and the children of foreign ambassadors.