SC understands the assignment on birthright citizenship

The oral argument before the Supreme Court related to President Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship focused on whether a single district court has the authority to issue a nationwide injunction telling the administration what it can or can’t do.

- Noah Feldman, Tribune News Service

The best reading of the justices’ questions is that although they are concerned about giving too much power to a single district judge, they are more worried about Trump's contempt for the rule of law. It appears the justices will find a way to allow such orders in at least some circumstances — like Trump's egregious executive action purporting to end birthright citizenship. And ultimately, it’s extremely likely they will strike it down as violating the Fourteenth Amendment, probably sometime next year.