03/30/2026
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March 30, 2026
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Here is an introduction to the birthright citizenship case, Trump v. Barbara, which will be argued on Wednesday at scotus.
The Court indicated that it may release opinions tomorrow at 10 a.m.
Also on Friday, the court announced that it will hear argument in the Temporary Protected Status cases on Wednesday, April 29.
Orders from the justices’ Friday conference are expected this morning at 9:30 a.m. EDT.
Also this morning, the court will hear argument in Abouammo v. United States, on whether federal prosecutors can try a defendant not only in the district where the offense occurred, but in the district where the crime’s “contemplated effects” were felt; and Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties, on the jurisdiction of federal courts to enforce an arbitration award.
the Supreme Court hears argument in Trump v. Barbara, on President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting access to birthright citizenship. The live blog will begin at 9:30 a.m. Court fight over birthright citizenship threatens ‘chaos’ in proving newborns’ status
John Fritze, CNN
Last year, as the Supreme Court heard argument on the universal injunctions putting President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship on hold nationwide, Justice Brett Kavanaugh asked a "series of nuts-and-bolts questions” about how the order would affect the work of hospitals, state governments, and other institutions. Now, “[a]s the Supreme Court prepares to consider the merits of Trump’s executive order ... most of the same practical questions Kavanaugh raised a year ago remain unanswered,” according to CNN. For one thing, it’s unclear if the government has the resources to “run checks on the parents of more than 3.6 million babies born in the United States each year.” And even if it does, such checks may produce incorrect results if one or both of a baby’s parents legally immigrated to the U.S. because “the Social Security Administration itself has acknowledged for years that potentially millions of its immigration records are inaccurate.”