Constitution is on Trump’s side in Supreme Court birthright citizenship case

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Fox News legal editor Kerri Urbahn breaks down oral arguments in the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship case on ‘Outnumbered.’ On Wednesday, April 1, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in what may be the most important case in decades. The court will now consider President Donald Trump’s executive order rejecting birthright citizenship for the children of illegal aliens, and the decision will have vast political and economic consequences for every American. But this all-important case should be open and shut: the Constitution’s text and history are on the president’s side. Nothing in the Constitution requires the government to give citizenship to the children of illegal aliens. The case centers on the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause, which states that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction t