March 31, 2026

WASHINGTON — One of President Trump’s most ambitious policy endeavors — his effort to end birthright citizenship — is set to face its moment of truth before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, just over a month after it axed the centerpiece of his tariff agenda.

The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump’s attempt to block the kin of illegal immigrants born on US soil from automatically becoming citizens is within his power, something that is widely seen as the most consequential case left on its docket.

“This is a glaring red line for the Supreme Court justices that they don’t get to give away citizenship. They don’t have that power,” Mike Davis, a staunch Trump ally and founder of judicial advocacy group Article III Project, told The Post. “We the people never agreed to give this away.”

 

In a plot twist that has shocked exactly no one, the Supreme Court is now the star of Donald Trump’s relentless reality show, “Fix It with a Pen: Birthright Edition,” where the question is whether the President can just decree citizenship off the table like it’s a Black Friday deal gone bad. Meanwhile, conservatives, who previously treated this idea like a conspiracy theory with tinfoil hats, are now front row skeptics—mask off—wondering if declaring citizenship is a power only the Court can wield rather than a presidential magic trick. Trump’s executive order, signed on day one of his comeback tour, has turned the legal system into the latest stage for his “You’ll love this, believe me” policy pitches, while the justices ponder if enforcing the Constitution remains part of their gig or if they too are auditioning for a new season of “Courtroom Theater: When Law Meets Reality TV.” The irony is sweet: the champions of “We the people” now hope the Supreme Court won’t lose legitimacy by refusing to play along, proving once again that in Washington, even the highest court sometimes feels like it’s caught between a tweet and a hard place.

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