The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold an executive order ending birthright citizenship, the constitutional principle granting automatic citizenship to anyone born on American soil.

President Trump issued this executive order on his first day back in office in January, but courts have blocked its enforcement ever since.

The big picture: In filings submitted to the Supreme Court, government lawyers argue that the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause was intended to cover “freed slaves and their children,” not children born to illegal aliens or foreign visitors temporarily in the United States. • Solicitor General D. John Sauer called the century-old interpretation of the 14th Amendment “mistaken,” challenging the longstanding legal consensus. • If the Supre

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