Martin Koste

Normally there would be a lot of cars, people coming and going, shopping and working, but right now there's nothing, he says.

Martin Koste, NPR News, New Orleans.

For more than a century, courts have read the 14th Amendment to mean any child born on U.S.

soil is an American citizen.

But the Trump administration says that reading is too broad.

It says the right should be reserved for people who are, in the words of the amendment, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

Trump signed an order in January withholding citizenship from children born to parents who are in the country illegally or on temporary visas.

So far, federal judges have blocked that order, which is why the White House now wants the Supreme Court to weigh in.

The justices are expected to meet privately on December 5th and discuss whether to take this case this term.

They're not obliged to, but if they do, a ruling on birthright citizenship could come by June.

Martin Koste, NPR News.

Thousands of cities have these automatic cameras that note the time and location of passing cars.

But the EFF staff attorney, Lisa Femia, says they're suing San Jose because it's gone further than most.

The lawsuit says local police should get a warrant before looking a license plate up in that large a database.

It cites California's constitution, but FEMIA says warrantless license plate searches may also violate the Fourth Amendment of the U.S.

Constitution.

Reached for a response, the San Jose Police Department says it doesn't comment on pending litigation.

Martin Koste, NPR News.

U.S.

CIS offices are bureaucratic places where detentions are rare, unlike immigration court.