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SCOTUS to Hear Arguments on Trump’s Executive Order Ending Birthright Citizenship

HeadlineDec 08, 2025

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on whether President Trump has the authority to undo automatic citizenship for people born in the United States. President Trump signed an executive order on his first day back in office declaring that children born to undocumented immigrants and to some temporary foreign residents would no longer be granted citizenship automatically.

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