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The Supreme Court of the United States is entering the final stretch of its term with more than two dozen major cases still awaiting decisions, including disputes over birthright citizenship, transgender athletes in women’s sports and President Donald Trump’s authority to fire federal officials. Traditionally, the high court releases its …

The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday seemed poised to reject the Trump administration’s attempt to redefine the constitutional right to birthright citizenship, and instead uphold the country’s long understanding of citizenship by birth on American soil. If a majority of Supreme Court justices strikes down President Donald Trump’s executive order to …

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in a case that could redefine one of the most fundamental guarantees of American law: who is entitled to citizenship at birth. At the center of Trump v. Barbara is whether Donald Trump can limit birthright citizenship through executive action — …

A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that the Trump administration cannot deny citizenship to children born in the United States to parents who are in the country illegally or temporarily, dealing another major legal blow to the president’s controversial birthright order. A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit …

A federal judge in Maryland issued a sweeping order late Thursday blocking the Trump administration’s attempt to deny citizenship to children born in the United States to undocumented or temporary-status parents, marking the fourth court decision to halt the controversial policy since a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June narrowed …

A federal judge in New Hampshire on Thursday granted class-action status to a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship, while temporarily blocking the controversial policy from going into effect nationwide. U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante ruled in favor of the ACLU, which brought the case on …

In a consequential decision on Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled that federal judges do not have the authority to issue nationwide injunctions, a move that directly impacts how courts can block policies such as President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship. While the 6–3 ruling, authored …

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday heard arguments in a high-stakes case involving former President Donald Trump’s plan to restrict birthright citizenship, while also weighing the broader question of whether federal judges have the power to issue nationwide injunctions. The justices did not rule on the core constitutional issue of …

President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to scale back nationwide injunctions issued by lower courts that have blocked enforcement of his executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris filed three emergency requests on Thursday, urging the high court to restrict the scope of …

A federal judge on Tuesday issued a nationwide injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at restricting birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants and temporary visa holders, arguing that the measure conflicts with the 14th Amendment. U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman, ruling from Greenbelt, Maryland, stated that …

A federal district court judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship, marking the first major legal challenge to the new administration’s immigration agenda. Senior U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour, a Reagan appointee, issued the temporary restraining order from the bench after …

A coalition of 19 Democratic attorneys general filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in Massachusetts, seeking to block President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order aimed at restricting birthright citizenship. Trump’s order, signed Monday, proposes limiting automatic citizenship to children born in the United States who have at least one …

On the day of his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump is poised to enact sweeping immigration reforms through executive orders, including the controversial elimination of birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants. An incoming administration official stated that Trump will reinterpret the 14th Amendment, specifically the clause …