‘Scorcher of a brief’: Catholic bishops rebuke Trump order

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has filed what legal analysts are calling a blistering Supreme Court brief urging the justices to strike down President Donald Trump’s executive order abolishing birthright citizenship for many immigrants’ children.

The conference – which frequently backs conservative positions at the high court – delivered what Slate described as a “searing, full-throated rebuke” of the president’s order.

“This is a scorcher of a brief that holds nothing back,”...