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Trump asks Supreme Court to step in on birthright citizenship

The Trump administration asked the court on Thursday to limit three overlapping injunctions against his order to end birthright citizenship. Trump issued the order on his first day in office to end the guarantee of citizenship to nearly all people born in the United States, but federal judges across the country quickly intervened. He now asks the justices to end those nationwide injunctions and allow him to move forward with the policy for those not directly involved in the litigation.  

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The court on Friday called for the challengers to respond by April 4. (Katie Barlow)

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Supreme Court takes up challenge to Colorado ban on “conversion therapy”

 at 11:10 a.m.

The justices agreed to consider the constitutionality of a Colorado law that bans the use of youth “conversion therapy”– the attempt to “convert” youth to heterosexuality or traditional gender identity. The court will hear the case next term, which begins in October. The justices on Monday also agreed to hear a dispute over a state law that requires plaintiffs in medical-malpractice cases to include a certification from an expert witness, known as an “affidavit of merit.”

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Court dismisses effort to reinstate watchdog head as defunct

 at 5:18 p.m.

The court on March 6 dismissed as no longer an active controversy an emergency appeal in the Trump administration’s effort to fire Hampton Dellinger as head of the Office of Special Counsel, the watchdog agency tasked with protecting federal workers from retaliation. Dellinger said in a statement he was ending his challenge to his firing.

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Court denies Trump request to block $2 billion foreign-aid payment

 at 9:45 a.m.

The court turned down a request by the Trump administration to lift a lower court order that had directed the government to pay nearly $2 billion in foreign-aid reimbursements for work that had already been done. The decision was 5-4, with Justice Samuel Alito writing in dissent. Alito described himself as “stunned” by the ruling, calling it “a most unfortunate misstep that rewards an act of judicial hubris and imposes a $2 billion penalty on American taxpayers.”

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