Dec. 5 (UPI) — The Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear arguments for and against President Donald Trump‘s executive order ending birthright citizenship.
The court will rule on the birthright citizenship clause in the 14th Amendment, which was ratified in 1868.
The court likely will schedule oral arguments in April and render its judgment by the end of June, Politico reported.
Trump on Jan. 20 signed the executive order to end birthright citizenship, which deprives citizenship for children born in the United States and its territories and whose parents are “undocumented immigrants” and foreigners holding visas that grant them limited visitation to the United States.
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in July ruled 2-1 that the president’s executive order is unconstitutional after it was challenged in federal district courts, according to The New York Times.
They also ruled the executive order runs counter to an 1898 Supreme Court ruling that many have interpreted to mean only the children of foreign diplomats are excluded from birthright citizenship.
The contested 14th Amendment clause says: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
After winning the 2024 presidential election, Trump told NBC News the clause’s legal interpretation is “ridiculous” and said it would have to change.
The executive order ending birthright citizenship was to take effect 30 days after the president signed it on the first day of his second term in office.
The legal challenge blocked it from taking effect, which the court would overturn, along with the court’s 1898 decision, if it rules in the Trump administration’s favor on the matter.
