Supreme Court to Weigh Fate of Birthright Citizenship: A Landmark Case Looms The US Supreme Court is set to hear a highly anticipated case that could potentially upend the long-standing interpretation of the 14th Amendment, which grants birthright citizenship to children born on American soil. The case, Trump v. Barbara, pits the Biden administration against a group of plaintiffs who argue that the amendment does not automatically confer citizenship on children of non-citizens. Conservative justices on the court are sending "signals" that they may be inclined to side with the plaintiffs, but as constitutional law expert Jonathan Turley notes, "nothing is certain" in this high-stakes battle. The outcome could have far-reaching implications for the millions of US-born children of undocumented immigrants and foreign nationals, sparking a heated debate over the meaning of citizenship and the Constitution.
“Nothing is certain” regarding Trump v. Barbara, the Supreme Court case about birthright citizenship, though there are “signals” the “conservative justices are unlikely to reject” the customary reading of the 14th Amendment, observes Jonathan Turley at The Hill.
