Sauer Leads Trump's High-Stakes Birthright Citizenship Challenge at the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will hear Trump’s bid to curb birthright citizenship via executive action. Solicitor General D. John Sauer will argue that the 14th Amendment’s “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” can exclude children born to entrants not fully under U.S. jurisdiction, but analysts warn overturning a century of precedent and existing statutes would be an uphill fight with wide implications for citizenship documentation.