Trump asks Supreme Court to help him end birthright citizenship

President Donald Trump‘s administration asked the Supreme Court in three emergency petitions to allow him to press forward with ending birthright citizenship, elevating the dispute over one of his most controversial executive orders to the nine justices.

“Three district courts in Maryland, Massachusetts, and Washington have issued overlapping nationwide injunctions at the behest of 22 States, two organizations, and seven individuals,” according to one of the petitions authored by acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris. She added that the decisions cover all 50 states and “millions of aliens across the country.”