James Ramoser

In a social media post, the president essentially predicted that the court would likely rule against him in the birthright citizenship case.

He said the court will, quote, find a way to come to the wrong conclusion.

But even if the president loses, he's unlikely to let the issue go.

So if the Supreme Court affirms the conventional wisdom of the 14th Amendment, that nearly everyone born on U.S.

soil is automatically a citizen, then that ruling should settle the question definitively.

But there is a potential alternative course that the court could take, which would leave the door open for further debate about this.

The court could try to dodge the constitutional question and simply rule that Trump's executive order violates statutes.

And if the court did do this, I suppose the question of the underlying meaning of the 14th Amendment would remain a somewhat open question.