Supreme Court to weigh Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship in test of second-term agenda - CBS News
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Supreme Court will decide if Trump can eliminate birthright citizenship, overturning 150+ years of legal precedent.
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If the Court sides with Trump, children born to non-citizen parents would lose automatic U.S. citizenship, affecting millions of Americans currently born on U.S. soil.
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The Supreme Court will consider whether to uphold Trump's effort to eliminate birthright citizenship, a cornerstone of his second-term policy agenda. The case tests the constitutional interpretation of the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause, which has automatically granted citizenship to nearly all children born on U.S. soil since 1868. A decision to restrict birthright citizenship would represent a dramatic departure from 150+ years of legal precedent and would likely affect millions of people born to non-citizen parents. The ruling will reveal how far the current conservative-majority court is willing to go in reshaping immigration and citizenship law. The case reflects Trump's broader push to tighten immigration enforcement during his presidency.
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The Supreme Court is weighing the constitutional case challenging the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause.
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