India, June 29 -- The US Supreme Court is preparing to deliver one of its most closely watched constitutional rulings in decades as it considers whether President Donald Trump's executive order restricting automatic birthright citizenship is legal. The decision could reshape how the United States interprets the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and determine whether children born on American soil automatically qualify for US citizenship in every case.

The legal battle has drawn nationwide attention because it challenges a constitutional principle that has guided US citizenship law for more than a century.

What is Trump's Birthright Citizenship Executive Order?

On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed Executive Or...