Trump Watches Supreme Court Debate on Birthright Citizenship.

The article focuses on President Donald Trump's unprecedented attendance at a US Supreme Court argument concerning the constitutionality of his effort to limit automatic birthright citizenship. The Court is examining the Trump administration's claim that the 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, was intended only to grant citizenship to children of freed slaves, not broadly to all persons born in the US. Critics argue this interpretation conflicts with the amendment’s clear language granting citizenship to "all persons" born in the country "subject to the jurisdiction thereof," as affirmed in the 1898 US v. Wong Kim Ark decision. Trump's executive order aims to block citizenship for about 250,000 children of undocumented immigrants and temporary visitors annually, a move opposed by Democrats who warn it could strip citizenship from millions. This marks the first time a sitting president has attended a Supreme Court argument in recorded history. [Extracted from the article]