BREAKING: The Supreme Court agrees to take up a challenge to President Trump's January 20 birthright citizenship EO [View all]

BREAKING: The Supreme Court agrees to take up a challenge to President Trump's January 20 birthright citizenship executive order.

The court will hear DOJ's appeal of a loss below in a class-action challenge brought in the wake of June's decision limiting universal injunctions.

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2025-12-05T19:11:35.532Z

BREAKING: Supreme Court takes up birthright citizenship appeal, setting up a showdown over one of President Trump’s most controversial policies
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— Kelsey Reichmann (@kelseyreichmann.bsky.social) 2025-12-05T18:54:45.703Z

Supreme Court gives Trump a showdown on birthright citizenship

After greenlighting its enforcement, the Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether Trump’s policy limiting birthright citizenship is constitutional.
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Story here: www.courthousenews.com/supreme-cour...

— Kelsey Reichmann (@kelseyreichmann.bsky.social) 2025-12-05T19:01:06.014Z

#SCOTUS adds 4 cases to its docket, including one (but not both) of the birthright citizenship cases.

As for why only one, this is the case that cleanly presents the merits (where Court’s likely to rule against Trump); the other case would’ve required the justices to decide if states had standing.

— Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social) 2025-12-05T18:58:28.774Z

I understand, as well as anyone, why folks are cynical about #SCOTUS. But even from the conservative justices' perspective, the birthright citizenship case is easy. And the Justice Department knows it, too; as I wrote in September, its bevavior in these cases has just been going through the motions:

— Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social) 2025-12-05T19:19:07.282Z