"Seven justices expressed profound skepticism toward the government's revisionist history of the 14th Amendment, with most sounding downright hostile toward the pseudo-originalist theory cooked up to legitimize the policy."
"The clause's central purpose was to grant citizenship to newly freed slaves and their children. When ratifying the amendment in 1868, Congress explicitly recognized that it would also apply to the American-born offspring of immigrants."
"Nonetheless, Trump issued an executive order on his first day back in office ordering the government to deny citizenship to the children of immigrants."
Donald Trump became the first sitting president to attend Supreme Court arguments in person. The case Trump v. Barbara questioned the executive order aimed at stripping birthright citizenship from children of many immigrants. Seven justices showed skepticism towards the government's interpretation of the 14th Amendment, with only Justices Thomas and Alito supporting the administration. The justices' reception of Trump's solicitor general was frosty, as he presented a theory that contradicted historical interpretations of citizenship established in 1868 and affirmed in 1898's Wong Kim Ark case.
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