Daily News Article - April 24, 2025
1. What did district judges in Washington, Massachusetts and Maryland issue similar injunctions on in relation to President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship?
2. How did the Supreme Court respond to the Trump administration's request to stay the lower district courts' injunctions?
3. The Supreme Court typically only hears oral arguments between October and April and makes rulings before the court breaks for the summer at the end of June - and the vast majority of emergency applications are resolved without the justices holding an argument.
The Trump administration has not yet asked the justices to settle the constitutionality of Trump’s order but has asked the high court to rein in lower judges that went beyond the parties who sued to block the president’s order nationwide.
On what date will the justices hear oral arguments?
4. How many Democrat led states joined the ACLU, immigrant advocates and several expectant mothers, some of whom are not in the country legally, in the challenge against Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship?
5. Those challenging the Trump administration argue that the executive order is unconstitutional, violates the 14th Amendment, and contradicts over a century of legal precedent. They contend that birthright citizenship is a fundamental right and that universal injunctions are necessary to maintain consistent citizenship rules nationwide (from a Grok explanation). Watch the videos under "Resources" below. What do you think? Do you support or oppose the president’s attempt to end birthright citizenship? Explain your answer.
CHALLENGE: The Trump administration's appeal to the Supreme Court will most likely be decided before the end of June. Then, the challenge to the constitutionality of the executive order ending birthright citizenship will eventually make it to the Supreme Court. Follow updates on this ongoing story.