Birthright citizenship debate erupts as Supreme Court arguments near

President Trump’s efforts to upend the conventional understanding of birthright citizenship heads to the Supreme Court this week, the first time in his second term that the justices will consider a major administrative action from the bench. 

The justices won’t be directly addressing the constitutionality of Trump’s order blocking automatic citizenship for children born on U.S. soil to noncitizens, for now. The administration has so far only asked the justices to narrow the nationwide reach of several district judges’ injunctions...