US Supreme Court to Review Legal Challenge to Birthright Citizenship

The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that questions the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship. This principle grants automatic citizenship to anyone born on American soil. The legal challenge stems from a controversial policy advanced during the Trump administration. Lower courts previously rejected an attempt to end the practice via executive order. The case will directly interpret the 14th Amendment. Its Citizenship Clause states that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States... are citizens of the United States." The Court's eventual ruling will have profound implications for immigration law. It will decide whether the government can alter this long-standing constitutional right without an amendment. A decision is expected by the end of the Court's term in June 2025.