🔗 Share this article America's top judicial body will review legal challenge questioning automatic citizenship for those born in the US. The nation's highest court has will hear a significant case that challenges a century-old constitutional right: birthright citizenship for those born in the United States. On day one in office this January, the administration signed an order aiming to terminate this practice, but the action was halted by federal courts after lawsuits were initiated. The Supreme Court's final judgment will either affirm citizenship rights for the children of foreign nationals who are in the US without authorization or on short-term permits, or it will overturn those rights altogether. Next, the court will schedule a date to hear arguments between the federal government and the suing parties, which involve foreign-born parents and their infants. The Legal Foundation For nearly 160 years, the Fourteenth Amendment has established the rule that every person born in the nation is a American citizen, with exceptions for children born to embassy personnel and members of invading forces. "Every individual born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The contested executive order sought to withhold citizenship to the children of people who are whether in the US in violation of immigration law or are in the country on temporary visas. The United States is one of about three dozen nations – largely in the Western Hemisphere – that grant automatic citizenship to all those born within their borders.
The nation's highest court has will hear a significant case that challenges a century-old constitutional right: birthright citizenship for those born in the United States. On day one in office this January, the administration signed an order aiming to terminate this practice, but the action was halted by federal courts after lawsuits were initiated. The Supreme Court's final judgment will either affirm citizenship rights for the children of foreign nationals who are in the US without authorization or on short-term permits, or it will overturn those rights altogether. Next, the court will schedule a date to hear arguments between the federal government and the suing parties, which involve foreign-born parents and their infants. The Legal Foundation For nearly 160 years, the Fourteenth Amendment has established the rule that every person born in the nation is a American citizen, with exceptions for children born to embassy personnel and members of invading forces. "Every individual born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The contested executive order sought to withhold citizenship to the children of people who are whether in the US in violation of immigration law or are in the country on temporary visas. The United States is one of about three dozen nations – largely in the Western Hemisphere – that grant automatic citizenship to all those born within their borders.