🔗 Share this article US Supreme Court agrees to review case disputing citizenship by birth. The top court has will hear a landmark case that questions a historic principle: birthright citizenship for people born in the United States. On day one in office this winter, the administration signed an order aiming to end this practice, but the move was subsequently blocked by federal courts after constitutional questions were initiated. The Supreme Court's ultimate decision will either support citizenship rights for the children of foreign nationals who are in the US without authorization or on non-immigrant visas, or it will end them entirely. Next, the court will calendar a session to hear the case between the federal government and the suing parties, which comprise foreign-born parents and their infants. The Legal Foundation For nearly 160 years, the Constitutional amendment has enshrined the rule that anyone born in the nation is a citizen, with specific conditions for children born to diplomats and members of occupying armies. "Every individual born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The disputed executive order sought to refuse citizenship to the offspring of people who are whether in the US illegally or are in the country on temporary visas. The United States is among about three dozen nations – mostly in the North and South America – that award immediate citizenship to anyone born on their soil.
The top court has will hear a landmark case that questions a historic principle: birthright citizenship for people born in the United States. On day one in office this winter, the administration signed an order aiming to end this practice, but the move was subsequently blocked by federal courts after constitutional questions were initiated. The Supreme Court's ultimate decision will either support citizenship rights for the children of foreign nationals who are in the US without authorization or on non-immigrant visas, or it will end them entirely. Next, the court will calendar a session to hear the case between the federal government and the suing parties, which comprise foreign-born parents and their infants. The Legal Foundation For nearly 160 years, the Constitutional amendment has enshrined the rule that anyone born in the nation is a citizen, with specific conditions for children born to diplomats and members of occupying armies. "Every individual born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The disputed executive order sought to refuse citizenship to the offspring of people who are whether in the US illegally or are in the country on temporary visas. The United States is among about three dozen nations – mostly in the North and South America – that award immediate citizenship to anyone born on their soil.