Cecilia Lei

The case is testing an executive order that President Trump signed on the first day of his second term.

It aimed to end automatic birthright citizenship and instead limit it to people with at least one parent who is a citizen or legal permanent resident.

James Ramoser is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal covering the Supreme Court and explained the case.

While Trump's executive order was signed a while ago, it hasn't gone into effect.

Ramoser says that's because, in large part, it's been seen as legally dubious.

Ramoser says the case is being heard when relations between the court and Trump have never been worse, especially after the justices ruled that his global terrorist policy was illegal in February.

Last week, Trump specifically criticized Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett in the National Republican Congressional Committee dinner in D.C.

Ramoser notes that there have been a few instances where the court's conservatives have seemed to question the administration's argument.

For example, in an early version of the case last year, Justice Brett Kavanaugh aired some concerns about how Trump's executive order would function in practice during a line of questioning to the DOJ's lawyer.

In another case, Justice Clarence Thomas adopted a broad interpretation of the citizenship clause as it related to benefits for Puerto Rican residents.

Remoser says if the executive order does take effect, it would not be retroactive and only apply to children born after the effective date of the order.

A ruling in the case is expected in June or July.

The war in the Middle East continues to strain relations between the U.S.

and its traditional allies.

NATO countries have resisted joining in any military action.

And some countries, including France, Spain and Italy, have even blocked the use of their airspace and bases.

Yesterday, President Trump aired his frustrations, telling countries they should, quote, go get your own oil.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is causing severe economic pain in some parts of the world.

But its future, he said yesterday, was not America's problem.

Unlike the U.S., Europe consumes more energy than it produces domestically, which means they want this war to be over as quickly as possible.