Trump heads to Supreme Court birthright citizenship hearing alongside Bondi
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case that could redefine birthright citizenship, and President Donald Trump will be in attendance.
The justices will consider Trump’s January 2025 executive order limiting birthright citizenship only to people who have at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen or a legal permanent resident.
Critics say the order conflicts with the 14th Amendment, which says “all persons born” in the United States are citizens. Trump argues that amendment was written after the Civil War to grant citizenship to formerly enslaved people and their descendants, not to the children of temporary or undocumented immigrants.
The case
Last year, the Supreme Court took up a case involving the birthright citizenship executive order, however, that case focused on whether smaller court judges’ injunctions to block the policy were too broad. This will be the first time the court weighs the constitutionality of the order.
They’re expected to make a ruling as soon as July.
The Supreme Court has a 6-3 conservative majority. Trump nominees make up one-third of the court.
A historic move
Trump has said before that he would attend Supreme Court arguments related to the case over his sweeping global tariffs, but ultimately decided against it because he didn’t “want to distract from the importance of this Decision.”
But on Wednesday morning, he was seen leaving the White House alongside Attorney General Pam Bondi to head to the hearing. His attendance marks the first time a sitting president has ever attended oral arguments.
Ella Rae Greene, Editor In Chief
