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The Supreme Court is poised to deliver a landmark ruling on birthright citizenship, challenging a Trump-era executive order that sought to exclude children born in the U.S. after Feb. 20, 2025, if neither parent was a citizen or legal resident. Lower courts blocked the order, citing the 1898 Supreme Court precedent that birth in the U.S. grants citizenship. The government argues “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” requires political allegiance, not just physical presence. Oral arguments revealed conservative justices leaning toward a narrower interpretation, probing the original meaning of the Citizenship Clause. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the likely swing vote, is scrutinized for her textualist approach and deep engagement with historical context—her decision could either preserve the century-old understanding of birthright citizenship or revert it to its Reconstruction-era intent, focused on formerly enslaved people. A ruling in favor of the executive order would empower immigration policy shifts and fuel birth tourism, while upholding the broad interpretation would effectively halt such executive actions, leaving any changes to Congress or a constitutional amendment. Legal experts call this one of the most consequential rulings of the term, reshaping how we define citizenship and national sovereignty.

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