The Supreme Court signaled Friday it will review the Trump administration’s request to press forward with ending birthright citizenship.
The Trump administration filed a trio of legal appeals regarding birthright citizenship to the country’s highest court on Thursday. The emergency petitions asked the Supreme Court to narrow lower court orders halting President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.
While it had the option of rejecting the request, the Supreme Court signaled it would consider the president’s appeal by ordering responses from states and organizations that have challenged the constitutionality of Trump’s order to be submitted by April 4.
Before ruling on the matter, the justices will deliberate on responses from those opposing the elimination of birthright citizenship.
TRUMP ASKS SUPREME COURT TO HELP HIM END BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP
Rather than asking the Supreme Court to uphold the president’s original executive order, Trump’s legal team is requesting that court rulings in three different states be narrowed so that a judge’s order in one state does not have the authority to overturn the executive order nationwide.
If the Supreme Court hands down a decision favorable to the White House, Trump’s executive order would be able to go into effect outside of the three districts in Washington, Maryland, and Massachusetts, where judges blocked the end of birthright citizenship.