{"id":2586302,"date":"2026-04-01T18:50:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T22:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-birthright-order-could-retroactively-strip-citizenship-sotomayor\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T18:52:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T22:52:41","slug":"trumps-birthright-order-could-retroactively-strip-citizenship-sotomayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-birthright-order-could-retroactively-strip-citizenship-sotomayor\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s birthright order could retroactively strip citizenship: Sotomayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-birthright-order-could-retroactively-strip-citizenship-sotomayor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2586302&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The piece reports on the Supreme Court hearing in Trump v.Barbara, a challenge to the Trump administration\u2019s 2025 executive order that would redefine birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment. Justice Sonia Sotomayor pressed Solicitor General D. John Sauer on whether a ruling in favor of the order could retroactively strip citizenship from people born in the United States to illegal immigrant or tourist parents, despite the administration\u2019s claim that the order is forward-looking. Sauer argued the order would apply only to births after it takes effect,but Sotomayor questioned whether the logic could open the door to retroactive denials of citizenship,invoking precedent from United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind. The proceedings featured President Trump in attendance-the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the Supreme Court in recent memory. Across the bench, justices appeared skeptical of the administration\u2019s arguments that existing precedents permit reinterpretation of the 14th Amendment. A ruling in the case is expected by the end of the court\u2019s term in June.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Sotomayor warns Trump&rsquo;s birthright order could retroactively strip people&rsquo;s citizenship<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2548352\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Justice <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sonia-sotomayor\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1921\">Sonia Sotomayor<\/a> questioned on Wednesday whether a ruling in favor of the Trump administration&rsquo;s executive order on birthright citizenship would retroactively strip citizenship from people born on U.S. soil to illegal immigrant or tourist parents. <\/p>\n<p>The justices heard arguments in <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4512165\/tough-questions-birthright-citizenship-supreme-court\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4512165\/tough-questions-birthright-citizenship-supreme-court\/\">Trump v. Barbara<\/a><\/em>, a challenge to Trump&rsquo;s 2025 executive order that sought to reestablish birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment as applying only to children born to at least one U.S. citizen or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/courts-consider-temporarily-halting-trump-birthright-citizenship-order\/\" title=\"Courts consider temporarily halting ... ... ...\">lawful permanent resident parent<\/a> on U.S. soil. Solicitor General D. John Sauer has argued the executive order is forward-looking, meaning it would only apply to people born 30 days after the order takes effect, but Sotomayor pressed him on that assertion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4512781\/john-roberts-questions-birth-tourism-discussing-birthright-citizenship\/\">John Roberts questions why birth tourism should matter in birthright citizenship decision<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4512516\/trump-supreme-court-birthright-citizenship\/\">Audience of one: Trump watches from Supreme Court gallery during birthright citizenship arguments<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4512165\/tough-questions-birthright-citizenship-supreme-court\/\">Trump administration faces tough questions on birthright citizenship at Supreme Court<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;When we ruled in[[<em>United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind<\/em>]that Indians could not become citizens, the government then after began to unnaturalize many Indians who had been sworn in as citizens,&rdquo; Sotomayor said. &ldquo;You asked us to concentrate only on the prospective nature of the citizens order, but the logic of your position, if accepted, is that the next president &mdash; this president or the next president or a Congress or someone else could decide that it shouldn&rsquo;t be prospective.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There would be nothing limiting that, according to your theory,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Sauer insisted that the order would apply only to future births, but Sotomayor again asked whether his theory of birthright citizenship would open the door to people being retroactively stripped of citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m asking whether the logic of your theory would permit what happened after the court&rsquo;s decision in <em>Thind<\/em>, that the government could move to unnaturalize people who were born here of illegal residents,&rdquo; Sotomayor asked, to which Sauer responded, &ldquo;No.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump was in attendance for Wednesday&rsquo;s arguments, the first recorded instance of a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >sitting president attending oral arguments<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/supreme-court\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"11310\">Supreme Court<\/a>. The president previously teased going to last November&rsquo;s oral arguments in his tariffs case, but ultimately did not attend.<\/p>\n<p>As they were during the tariffs arguments last year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kbj-accuses-rnc-of-wanting-high-court-to-do-congresss-job-on-mail-ballot-laws\/\" title=\"KBJ accuses RNC of wanting high court to do Congress&#039;s job on mail ballot laws\">justices appeared deeply skeptical<\/a> of the Trump administration&rsquo;s stance in the birthright citizenship case, seemingly unconvinced of Sauer&rsquo;s arguments that their own precedents left room for reinterpretation of the 14th Amendment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4512516\/trump-supreme-court-birthright-citizenship\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4512516\">AUDIENCE OF ONE: TRUMP WATCHES FROM SUPREME COURT GALLERY DURING BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ARGUMENTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since returning to the White House, Trump has had a mixed record at the Supreme Court on the merits docket, winning in last year&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3455997\/supreme-court-nationwide-injunctions-trump-birthright-citizenship-case\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3455997\/supreme-court-nationwide-injunctions-trump-birthright-citizenship-case\/\">case against universal injunctions<\/a> but losing earlier this year in the case over his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4409863\/supreme-court-strikes-down-trumps-sweeping-liberation-day-tariffs\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4409863\/supreme-court-strikes-down-trumps-sweeping-liberation-day-tariffs\/\">sweeping global tariffs<\/a>. The administration is still waiting on a ruling over Trump&rsquo;s ability to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3908676\/supreme-court-grapples-executive-power-independent-agencies\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3908676\/supreme-court-grapples-executive-power-independent-agencies\/\">fire independent agency heads<\/a> in the executive branch, and will have arguments later this month in a case over the administration&rsquo;s bids to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4493132\/supreme-court-trump-bid-end-tps-haiti-syria\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4493132\/supreme-court-trump-bid-end-tps-haiti-syria\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-building-bureaucratic-bridge-to-import-more-ukrainian-migrants\/\" title=\"Mayorkas Building Bureaucratic Bridge to Import More Ukrainian Migrants\">end temporary protected status<\/a><\/a> for people from Haiti and Syria.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling in the birthright citizenship case by the end of June, when the court&rsquo;s current term ends.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sotomayor warns birthright order could strip citizenship<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2586303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26089434198841.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[74405,73156,71026,11029,70735],"class_list":["post-2586302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-birthright-citizenship-2","tag-executive-order-2","tag-immigration-law-2","tag-sotomayor","tag-supreme-court-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26089434198841.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2586302"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2586306,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586302\/revisions\/2586306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2586303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2586302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2586302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2586302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}