US Supreme Court agreed to examine the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, reopening a debate widely considered settled since the late 19th century, CNN reported.

By taking up the appeal, the top court has moved beyond the procedural questions it addressed earlier this year–when it sided with Trump on technical grounds related to how lower courts handled the challenges and will now directly consider the policy’s legality.

Cecillia Wang, National Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union, welcomed the development, saying the organisation looks forward to the Supreme Court “putting this issue to rest once and for all.”

“The federal courts have unanimously held that President Trump’s executive order is contrary to

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