In their words: What judges have said about birthright citizenship

WASHINGTON — Federal courts have uniformly blocked President Donald Trump’s order seeking to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to someone in the country illegally or temporarily.

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday in the Trump administration’s appeal of a ruling by a federal judge in New Hampshire who concluded that the executive order the Republican president signed on the first day of his second term “likely violates the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution” and federal law.