Carrie Johnson
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first heard Dec 2024
last heard 4 Sep
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How do the parents appeal that?
And the solicitor general basically said after the fact there would be some kind of appeal process.
But the import of her question was, how are new parents who have their hands more than full going to be in a position to appeal some kind of determination made by some authority agency?
And, you know, one of the main issues here is how workable it would be if this Supreme Court decides to overturn something that's been basically common understanding for over 150 years.
Understanding in how people have behaved toward new parents and infants.
Understanding in the precedent of the law.
Understanding in the 14th Amendment itself.
And understanding in a very key 1898 Supreme Court case that got mentioned many times, Juan Kim Arc.
Well, one of the main examples was that Congress actually acted twice in 1940 and 1952 using the same language that's in the 14th Amendment.
And one of the interesting questions that Cecilia Wong asked
from the ACLU got was from Justice Brett Kavanaugh was basically, how do you want to win this case?
If we agree with you, do we just basically affirm that one Kim Ark precedent from 1898?
Or do we make a big statement about the Constitution?
Or do we rule on the basis of those two prior enacted laws by Congress in 1940 and 1952?
And when you're an advocate arguing before the Supreme Court and a justice asks you basically how you want to win, you're probably feeling pretty good about yourself.
And a narrow path, a narrow path is usually what this court wants to take.
And they could just decide to affirm Juan Kim Ark, as Justice Kavanaugh said, and keep it short and sweet.
I'm Carrie Johnson.
I cover the Supreme Court and justice.
The NPR Politics Podcast · Should all babies born in the United States be citizens? · 31 Mar 2026
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On his first day back in the White House, President Trump signed an executive order that was designed to prevent children born to immigrants in the country without long-term legal status from automatically becoming citizens.
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