The Supreme Court met to consider an important case challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order that sought to end automatic U.S. citizenship for children born to undocumented immigrants. The main question before the justices was not whether the ban on birthright citizenship itself was constitutional, but rather whether the nationwide court orders blocking it were legal and how far they should extend.
The Trump administration argued that these broad injunctions went beyond the proper limits of judicial power and asked the court to restrict their effect. As reported by the Washington Post, the administration claimed that the nationwide injunctions, issued by three lower-court judges, interfered with the executive branch’s ability to govern effectively.
