As the end of the month approaches, the Supreme Court is staring down one of its most consequential rulings in recent years: the birthright citizenship case.
Formally listed on the docket as Trump v. Barbara, the Supreme Court case questions whether President Donald Trump’s 2025 executive order denying birthright citizenship to children born in the United States to undocumented immigrants is in agreement with the 14th Amendment. The justices heard oral argument on April 1 in a two-hour hearing, and the ruling, expected at the end of the month or the very beginning of July, runs the risk of reshaping the very concept of what the U.S. has come to stand for, just days ahead of the 250th anniversary of its founding.
