The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to move forward with an executive order to restrict birthright citizenship, after a series of lower-court rulings blocked the policy nationwide.
The Justice Department, in three applications about rulings in Washington, New Jersey and Maryland, asked the justices to limit those rulings only to the people or states who filed them.
And the Justice Department also asked the justices to allow federal agencies to develop and issue guidance explaining how they would implement Trump’s citizenship order “in the event that it takes effect.”
