Trump fires warning shot at SCOTUS as major citizenship showdown looms: ‘It will be a disaster’

Trump Criticizes Supreme Court as Birthright Citizenship Case Nears Decision

President Donald Trump took to the podium on Thursday to denounce the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of its upcoming ruling on his January 2025 executive order that seeks to curb automatic citizenship for children born in the United States to foreign parents. The president warned that the Court’s decision could cost the nation billions and accused the justices of undermining an “American right.”

The controversy centers on an executive order that would restrict birthright citizenship for children whose parents are not U.S. citizens and who are not legally in the country. Trump says the policy is designed to curb what he calls “birth tourism,” a practice in which foreign nationals travel to the U.S. to give birth so that their children can obtain American citizenship.

Trump’s remarks followed an unprecedented event in April, when he attended the Court’s oral arguments. Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson questioned the president about whether the order complied with the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment. Justice Barrett warned that a broad investigation into citizenship could “create chaos,” while Justice Jackson asked a probing question about whether “pregnant women” would be brought in for depositions.

During his speech, the president said the Court’s decision “would be a disgrace” and predicted that it would “probably rule against me.” He said he was “not happy” with recent rulings and cited a $149 billion cost estimate that could result from a decision against his order.

“We will have a very big decision on the docket,” Trump told the crowd. “They’re probably going to rule against me because they seem to like doing that. I’m not happy with some of the decisions.” The president also accused the order of being “not meant for Chinese billionaires” but for “rich people, poor people, and the babies of slaves,” and he linked the 14th Amendment’s birthright provision to the end of the Civil War, arguing that the policy has been abused over the decades.

The order has sparked a national debate. Protesters at the Court have called birthright citizenship a fundamental American right, while supporters of the policy argue it creates incentives for illegal immigration and fuels “birth tourism.” A recent Fox News poll found that 69% of voters support birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to illegal immigrants, up from 45% in 2006.

Legal scholars also weigh in on the case. John Yoo, a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, told Fox News Digital that he expects the Supreme Court to overrule the order. Yoo suggested that the government should focus on “sharply enforcing visas and shutting down businesses that encourage and enable birth tourism” instead of pursuing a constitutional amendment.

The Court is expected to render its decision in the coming weeks. In the meantime, Trump has pledged to continue fighting the order in federal courts and to seek a permanent solution that would limit birthright citizenship for children born to undocumented parents.

The case will likely reshape how the United States deals with immigration and citizenship, and it will test the limits of executive power over a constitutional right that has been in place for more than 170 years. The nation watches closely as the Court prepares to decide whether to uphold or overturn one of the most contentious issues in American immigration policy.