President Donald Trump, in an emergency request Thursday, asked the Supreme Court to allow restrictions to birthright citizenship to take effect for some people as challenges to his executive order are litigated.
Multiple judges in separate cases across the U.S. blocked the order from going into effect and appeals courts have declined to lift the holds.
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to limit the scope of the pauses to specific challengers and to allow the administration to develop guidance on how it would implement Trump's directive if it is upheld.
One federal judge, U.S. District Judge John Coughenour in Seattle, has called Trump's order "blatantly unconstitutional."
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