Overview

• President Trump's executive order seeks to deny U.S. citizenship to children born to noncitizen parents, challenging over a century of legal precedent under the 14th Amendment.
• Federal judges in three states issued nationwide injunctions blocking the order, deeming it likely unconstitutional, prompting an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court.
• The Supreme Court is not addressing the constitutionality of the order itself but is considering the scope of nationwide injunctions issued by lower courts.
• A decision to limit injunctions could allow the policy to be enforced in states not party to lawsuits, creating a patchwork of citizenship rules across the country.
• The case raises broader questions about judicial checks on executive power and the potential implications for future nationwide injunctions against presidential actions.