The Trump administration called for the Supreme Court to lift a ban on President Donald Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship.
The Trump administration requested the Supreme Court allow a ban on President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of illegal aliens to be partially lifted.
In a court filing, Sarah M. Harris, the acting solicitor general, wrote that the Trump administration’s request was a “modest” one to “limit the pause to ‘parties actually within the courts’ power‘,” according to the New York Times.
The court request from the Trump administration comes after “three federal courts, in Massachusetts, Maryland and Washington State, had issued directives temporarily pausing” Trump’s executive order, according to the outlet.
On January 20, Trump signed an executive order entitled, “Protecting The Meaning And Value Of American Citizenship.”
The executive order states that “the privilege of United States citizenship is a priceless and profound gift,” while also adding that the “Fourteenth Amendment has never been interpreted to extend citizenship universally to everyone born within the United States.”
Section 1. Purpose.
