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Supreme Court justices raise questions in Trump birthright citizenship case

Headline from Fox7 Austin, on the newest of 3 developments

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a landmark case challenging the scope of birthright citizenship, with early indications suggesting a number of justices may be skeptical of the Trump administration’s position.

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  1. Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on future of birthright citizenship

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  2. Birthright citizenship heads to the Supreme Court

    Headline from KYMA Yuma ·

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    Supreme Court justices raise questions in Trump birthright citizenship case

    Headline from Fox7 Austin ·

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  1. CNN

    Supreme Court fight over birthright citizenship threatens ‘chaos’ in proving newborns’ status (opens CNN)

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    Justice Brett Kavanaugh sounded like a fired-up prosecutor last year as he shot off a withering series of nuts-and-bolts questions about how President Donald Trump would carry out his plan to rewrite of the way birthright citizenship has been understood in the United States for more than a century.

  2. Newsweek

    Supreme Court faces major decision on birthright citizenship: What to know (opens Newsweek)

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    The court will consider whether President Trump's birthright citizenship executive order complies with the Fourteenth Amendment.

  3. Roll Call

    Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on future of birthright citizenship (opens Roll Call)

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    Roll Call's feed description

    The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday about President Donald Trump’s effort to redefine birthright citizenship, in a case experts said could confine Congress’ power to define who is considered part of the nation.

  4. New York Post

    Trump rips ‘dumb’ Supreme Justices ahead of critical birthright citizenship oral arguments (opens New York Post)

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    President Trump tore into the Supreme Court and the "dumb judges and justices" making up the US federal court system on Monday, as a case involving his executive order banning so-called "birthright citizenship" is scheduled for oral arguments Wednesday.

  5. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Here's a look at birthright citizenship, and how the world sees it, as Supreme Court case looms (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    The Supreme Court is once again hearing arguments on whether President Donald Trump can deny citizenship to children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily

  6. NBC4 Washington

    Here's a look at birthright citizenship as Supreme Court case looms (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    NBC4 Washington's feed description

    The Supreme Court will consider whether Trump can deny citizenship to children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily.

  7. Newsweek

    Fact Check: Is the US the only country with birthright citizenship? (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    President Donald Trump hit out at the Supreme Court Monday ahead of oral arguments in the birthright citizenship case.

  8. Reason

    Trump's unconstitutional attack on birthright citizenship finally reaches the Supreme Court (opens Reason)

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    President Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship violates the text, history, and original public meaning of the 14th Amendment.

  9. PJ Media

    When Birthright Citizenship Goes Wrong (opens PJ Media)

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    PJ Media's feed description

    Analysis of birthright citizenship challenges and implications amid Trump’s executive order and Supreme Court review.

  10. NewsBusters

    Only 31% Support Birthright Citizenship Scheme Created by European Colonialists (opens NewsBusters)

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    NewsBusters's feed description

    Born of European colonialism, unpopular in the U.S and increasing abolished by other countries around the globe, so-called “birthright citizenship” will take center stage at the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday, when arguments begin regarding an executive order banning the policy.

  11. KYMA Yuma

    Birthright citizenship heads to the Supreme Court (opens KYMA Yuma)

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    KYMA Yuma's feed description

    President Donald Trump is trying to change it with an executive order. He doesn't want it to apply to babies born in the U.S. to undocumented migrants.

  12. The Boston Globe

    Birthright citizenship may not be open-and-shut, scholars say, as Supreme Court takes up case (opens The Boston Globe)

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    For generations, most legal experts and the courts have agreed that the Constitution guarantees citizenship to nearly all babies born in the United States.

  13. CT Mirror

    US Supreme Court to decide if Trump can end birthright citizenship (opens CT Mirror)

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    SCOTUS will hear arguments April 1, 2026, in a case challenging the President Donald Trump's order ending birthright citizenship.

  14. New York Post

    Supreme Court toes ‘glaring red line’ with Trump world in birthright citizenship case (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    The Supreme Court is set to weigh in on one of President Trump's most cherished and ambitious policy endeavors in the birthright citizenship case it is set to hear on Wednesday, just over a month after axing the centerpiece of his tariff agenda.

  15. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Supreme Court hears arguments in Trump's bid to limit birthright citizenship (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments beginning at 10 a.m. ET over President Donald Trump’s executive order challenging birthright citizenship.

  16. Fox26 Houston

    Trump to sit in on Supreme Court hearing on effort to limit birthright citizenship (opens Fox26 Houston)

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    Fox26 Houston's feed description

    President Donald Trump plans to attend Wednesday’s Supreme Court hearing on his effort to limit birthright citizenship, making him the first sitting president to sit in on oral arguments at the nation’s highest court.

  17. WHDH Boston

    Supreme Court hears high-profile fight over Trump’s bid to limit birthright citizenship - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WHDH Boston's feed description

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up one of the term’s most consequential cases, President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship declaring that children born to parents who

  18. Talking Points Memo

    The Supreme Court Decides Who Is Really American In Blockbuster Arguments (opens Talking Points Memo)

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    The Supreme Court, at President Trump’s behest, will reconsider the bedrock American principle of birthright citizenship on Wednesday in the biggest case of the…

  19. The Daily Signal

    Justices Hear Potential Landmark Case on Birthright Citizenship (opens The Daily Signal)

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    The Daily Signal's feed description

    Even Trump's three appointees to the high court have tough questions for the administration's attempt to reverse birthright citizenship.

  20. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Supreme Court takes up birthright citizenship; in a first, Trump to attend oral arguments (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    The Supreme Court is hearing arguments at 10 a.m. over Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship for children born to undocumented immigrants.

  21. The Boston Globe

    Supreme Court hears arguments on birthright citizenship with Trump in attendance. Follow live updates. (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    The birthright citizenship order, which President Trump signed on the first day of his second term, is part of his Republican administration’s broad immigration crackdown.

  22. ABC 30 Fresno

    Supreme Court questions Trump's bid to redefine birthright citizenship under 14th Amendment (opens ABC 30 Fresno)

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    ABC 30 Fresno's feed description

    The Supreme Court is considering President Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship by reinterpreting the 14th Amendment.

  23. NPR

    Supreme Court hears challenge to birthright citizenship as Trump attends arguments (opens NPR)

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    A majority of Supreme Court justices peppered Solicitor General D. John Sauer with skeptical questions about the Trump administration's position that birthright citizenship should not apply to babies born to immigrants in the country illegally.

  24. Newsweek

    SCOTUS conservatives skeptical of Trump's birthright citizenship argument (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    The case centers around whether President Trump's executive order complies with the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

  25. The Boston Globe

    Trump goes to the Supreme Court as it hears arguments over his bid to limit birthright citizenship (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    President Trump will be the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the nation’s highest court.

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