Overview
- The Court granted the Justice Department’s petition for review, taking up the case after lower courts blocked the executive order.
- The order would deny automatic citizenship to children born in the U.S. when neither parent is a U.S. citizen or a green card holder, including cases such as visitors or students.
- Oral arguments have not been scheduled, and outlets report a ruling could arrive by the end of June in the current term.
- Earlier this year the Supreme Court partially curtailed nationwide injunctions against the policy without deciding the constitutional question, and a separate lower-court stop later reimposed a halt.
- The case tests long-standing interpretations of the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause and could reshape immigration policy depending on the Court’s decision.