Justice Alito Questions Birthright Citizenship and Injunctions in Supreme Court Oral Arguments

Supreme Court Oral Arguments

• 🏛️ Justice Samuel Alito questioned an attorney on whether the court should decide the underlying birthright citizenship question.
• ❓ Alito specifically asked if the court should make up its mind on birthright citizenship without further briefing, argument, and deliberation.

Attorney's Response and Court's Dilemma

• 🗣️ The attorney expressed eagerness for supplemental briefing on the birthright citizenship issue.
• ⚖️ She noted that the parties had not requested this before judgment, as they had been winning their cases.
• 💡 The attorney argued that a meaningful analysis by the court is difficult without considering the government's request to ignore precedent, statute, and 100 years of executive branch practice.
• 🔗 She stated that the merits of the case are embedded within these factors, despite the government's attempt to separate them.