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Supreme Court Justices Express Skepticism Towards Trumps Bid to End Birthright Citizenship

During oral arguments this week, a majority of Supreme Court justices, including conservatives, showed heavy skepticism towards the Trump administrations push to end birthright citizenship. The administration argued that the fourteenth Amendment, which grants automatic citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil, only applies to former slaves and their children, not children of undocumented immigrants or visa holders. However, justices grilled the governments lawyer on this narrow view, pointing out the amendments focus on the child and the over a century of precedent saying otherwise. The ACLU countered that the fourteenth Amendment sets a universal rule with few exceptions, safe from policy changes. With a ruling due by summer, this could reshape citizenship rules for good.

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