The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday indicated that it would move to quickly ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to terminate birthright citizenship.
In a filing with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle, attorneys for the DOJ told a federal judge about its plans to petition the high court about the order.
“In light of the Ninth Circuit’s decision, Defendants represent that the Solicitor General plans to seek certiorari expeditiously to enable the Supreme Court to settle the lawfulness of the Citizenship Order next Term, but he has not yet determined which case or combination of cases to take to the Court,” attorneys with the DOJ told U.S. District Judge John Coughenour….