Trump Seeks Supreme Court Approval to Redefine Birthright Citizenship Through Executive Order
Donald Trump ’s administration is escalating the legal battle over birthright citizenship to the Supreme Court demanding that justices restrict the breadth of various court decisions that have dismissed his claims executive order aimed at preventing children from certain immigrants from having citizenship from birth. Petitions submitted to the country's supreme court on Thursday urge the judges to restrict three aspects. nationwide injunctions issued in courts nationwide applies solely to the states that filed lawsuits and prevailed. This action would enable the administration to start putting into practice his executive order in various states, regardless of decisions made by federal judges and appellate courts, as well as disagreements raised by legal experts spanning different political viewpoints about his effort to independently reconceive the definition. 14th Amendment is plainly unconstitutional. Trump’s executive order would deny citizenship to chil...