Trump requests Supreme Court intervention on citizenshipAdministration appeals lower court rulings blocking executive order that would end automatic citizenship for children born on US soilThe Trump administration has petitioned the Supreme Court to review multiple lower court decisions that have blocked implementation of the president’s executive order targeting birthright citizenship. This appeal represents the administration’s most significant attempt to fundamentally alter how American citizenship is conferred under the 14th Amendment. The administration’s appeal argues that current interpretations of constitutional citizenship provisions have created destructive consequences for border security and immigration enforcement. Legal strategy targets procedural barriersThe Supreme Court previously addressed birthright citizenship in June, though that decision focused primarily on the procedural question of lower court authority to block presidential policies. Success would fundamentally alter how American citizenship operates and could affect hundreds of thousands of people born on US soil annually.