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Survivors still being found from Burma earthquake, but hopes begin to fade as deaths exceed 2,700
- A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Burma on Friday, killing more than 2,700 people, compounding a humanitarian crisis caused by a civil war.
- The death toll is expected to rise, but the earthquake hit a wide swath of the country, leaving many areas without power, telephone or cell connections and damaging roads and bridges, leaving the full extent of the devastation hard to assess.
- The World Health Organization said more than 10,000 buildings are known to have collapsed or been severely damaged in Burma. The earthquake also hit neighboring Thailand, causing a high-rise building under construction to collapse and burying many workers.
Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Burma’s capital on Tuesday, but hope was fading of finding many more survivors of the violent earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people, compounding a humanitarian crisis caused by a civil war.
The fire department in Naypyitaw said the woman was successfully pulled from the rubble 91 hours after being buried when the building collapsed in the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit midday Friday. Experts say the likelihood of finding survivors drops dramatically after 72 hours.
Death toll numbers forecast to increase
The head of Burma’s military government, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, told a forum in Naypyitaw, that 2,719 people have now been found dead, with 4,521 others injured and 441 missing, Myanmar’s Western News online portal reported.
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Those figures are widely expected to rise, but the earthquake hit a wide swath of the country, leaving many areas without power, telephone or cell connections and damaging roads and bridges, leaving the full extent of the devastation hard to assess.
Most of the reports so far have come from Mandalay, Burma’s second-largest city, which was near the epicenter of the earthquake, and Naypyitaw.
«The needs are massive, and they are rising by the hour,» said Julia Rees, UNICEF’s deputy representative for Burma.
Burma’s rescuers work through rubble of a collapsed building following Friday’s earthquake in Naypyitaw, Burma, on April 1, 2025. (AP Photo)
«The window for lifesaving response is closing. Across the affected areas, families are facing acute shortages of clean water, food, and medical supplies.»
Burma’s fire department said that 403 people have been rescued in Mandalay and 259 bodies have been found so far. In one incident alone, 50 Buddhist monks who were taking a religious exam in a monastery were killed when the building collapsed and 150 more are thought to be buried in the rubble.
Structural damage is extensive
The World Health Organization said that more than 10,000 buildings overall are known to have collapsed or been severely damaged in central and northwest Burma.
The earthquake also rocked neighboring Thailand, causing a high-rise building under construction to collapse and burying many workers.
Two bodies were pulled from the rubble on Monday and another was recovered Tuesday, but dozens were still missing. Overall, there were 21 people killed and 34 injured in Bangkok, primarily at the construction site.
In Burma, search and rescue efforts across the affected area paused briefly at midday on Tuesday as people stood for a minute in silent tribute to the dead.
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Relief efforts moving at a sluggish pace
Foreign aid workers have been arriving slowly to help in the rescue efforts, but progress was still slow with a lack of heavy machinery in many places.
In one site in Naypyitaw on Tuesday, workers formed a human chain, passing chunks of brick and concrete out hand-by-hand from the ruins of a collapsed building.
The Burma military government’s official Global New Light of Burma reported Tuesday that a team of Chinese rescuers saved four people the day before from the ruins of the Sky Villa, a large apartment complex that collapsed during the quake. They included a 5-year-old and a pregnant woman who had been trapped for more than 60 hours.
The same publication also reported two teenagers were able to crawl out of the rubble of the same building to where rescue crews were working, using their cellphone flashlights to help guide them. The rescue workers were then able to use details from what they told them to locate their grandmother and sibling.
International rescue teams from several countries are on the scene, including from Russia, China, India, the United Arab Emirates and several Southeast Asian countries. The U.S. Embassy said an American team had been sent but hadn’t yet arrived.
Aid pledges pouring in as officials warn of disease outbreak risk
Meantime, multiple countries have pledged millions in aid to assist Burma and humanitarian aid organizations with the monumental task ahead.
Even before the earthquake, more than 3 million people had been displaced from their homes by Burma’s brutal civil war, and nearly 20 million were in need, according to the U.N.
Many were already lacking in basic medical care and standard vaccinations, and the destruction of water and sanitation infrastructure by the earthquake raises the risk of disease outbreaks, warned the U.N.’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
«The displacement of thousands into overcrowded shelters, coupled with the destruction of water and sanitation infrastructure, has significantly heightened the risk of communicable disease outbreaks,» OCHA said in its latest report.
«Vulnerability to respiratory infections, skin diseases, vector-borne illnesses such as dengue fever, and vaccine-preventable diseases like measles is escalating,» it added.
The onset of monsoon season also a worry
Shelter is also a major problem, especially with the monsoon season looming.
Since the earthquake, many people have been sleeping outside, either because homes were destroyed or out of fear of aftershocks.
Civil war complicates disaster relief
Burma’s military seized power in 2021 from the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, sparking what has turned into significant armed resistance and a brutal civil war.
Government forces have lost control of much of Burma, and many places were dangerous or impossible for aid groups to reach even before the quake.
Military attacks and those from some anti-military groups have not stopped in the aftermath of the earthquake, though the shadow opposition National Unity Government has called a unilateral ceasefire for its forces.
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The NUG, established by elected lawmakers who were ousted in 2021, called for the international community to ensure humanitarian aid is delivered directly to the earthquake victims, urging «vigilance against any attempts by the military junta to divert or obstruct humanitarian assistance.»
«We are in a race against time to save lives,» the NUG said in a statement.
«Any obstruction to these efforts will have devastating consequences, not only due to the impact of the earthquake but also because of the junta’s continued brutality, which actively hinders the delivery of lifesaving assistance.»
It wasn’t immediately clear whether the military has been impeding humanitarian aid. In the past, it initially refused to allow in foreign rescue teams or many emergency supplies after Cyclone Nargis in 2008, which resulted in well more than 100,000 deaths. Even once it did allow foreign assistance, it was with severe restrictions.
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In this case, however, Min Aung Hlaing, pointedly said on the day of the earthquake that the country would accept outside help.
Tom Andrews, a monitor on rights in Burma commissioned by the U.N.-backed Human Rights Council, said on X that to facilitate aid, military attacks must stop.
«The focus in Burma must be on saving lives, not taking them,» he said.
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Exclusive: Sara Netanyahu warns of surging antisemitism and importance of Jewish-Christian alliance
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EXCLUSIVE: Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has warned about the growing dangers of antisemitism and attempts to undermine the relationship between Christian and Jewish communities.
Her remarks followed her four-day visit to the U.S. for the «Be Best» First Ladies’ Summit, attending at the invitation of First Lady Melania Trump.
In exclusive comments to Fox News Digital, she said extremist elements on both the far left and right continue to promote antisemitism despite the historical record of where it leads and are seeking to undermine Israel and divide support within the Christian community.
«Israel has never had a prime minister like my husband, who during every visit to the United States makes it a point to meet with leaders of the Christian community, embrace them, listen to them, and maintain a close and genuine relationship as true partners and friends,» she told Fox News Digital.
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«Their courage in standing firm against the enemies of Israel is worthy of appreciation. They are our [unofficial] ambassadors, and I hope our partnership will continue to grow and strengthen,» she added.
Netanyahu said that in July, Israel hosted the president’s close adviser and White House Faith Office head, Paula White-Cain, for a special event attended by both her and the prime minister, which was broadcast to millions of Christian viewers worldwide.
Following Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, killing of 1,200 people in Israel, antisemitism surged globally, including in the U.S.
Sara Netanyahu was raised in Israel by her parents, Shmuel and Hava Ben-Artzi. Her father, a Bible scholar and educator, instilled in her an appreciation for the Jewish people’s historical connection to the land of Israel.
Pastor Paula White-Cain, spiritual adviser to President Donald Trump meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara at Daystar’s «Together As One» event in Jerusalem, as part of a visit organized by Niv Jacobi, President of The Meaning Channel. (Felipe Volokita, The Meaning Channel.)
«The Holocaust was a moment in history that cannot and will not be repeated,» Netanyahu told Fox News Digital, against the backdrop of the ongoing U.S.-Israel military operation against the Islamic Republic of Iran, whose leaders have repeatedly threatened to commit genocide against the Jewish state.
Post-Oct. 7 attacks include the May 2025 killing of two Israeli Embassy staff in Washington by Elias Rodriguez, who allegedly shouted «Free Palestine!» upon arrest, and a June attack by Mohamed Sabry Soliman that wounded 12 at a pro-Israel rally, later killing one victim.
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Incidents also rose after Operation Epic Fury began Feb. 28, described by Netanyahu as a preemptive move against Iran and its terror proxies.
President Donald Trump (L) poses for a photo with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and his wife Sara Netanyahu during their meeting at Mar-a-Lago estate, in Palm Beach, Florida, United States on July 26, 2024. (Amos Ben-Gershom (GPO) / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Investigators said Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, accused of attempting a March 12 attack on a Michigan synagogue, was radicalized by Hezbollah.
Meanwhile, a federal probe last month found some faculty «legitimized and amplified antisemitism» during protests against Israel’s war in Gaza. Encampments spread on campuses, often demanding divestment from Israel-linked institutions and Jewish organizations.
On March 20, the Trump administration sued Harvard, alleging it failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students and enabled antisemitism.
«We are in an existential war — a war of good versus evil — against a force that seeks to destroy Israel and the world,» she said.
«Leaders of the Iranian regime have publicly burned the flags of Israel and the United States. They have called Israel the ‘Little Satan’ and America the ‘Great Satan.’»
She continued, «Israel has never had a better friend than Donald Trump. Together with the [Israeli] prime minister, they are reshaping the Middle East and creating an opportunity for a new future for the entire free world,» she added.
Sara Netanyahu meet with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., at the U.S. Senate, March 2026. (Niv Jacobi )
During her U.S. visit, Netanyahu met with multiple first ladies, delivered a speech at the U.S. State Department, held talks with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., engaged with technology and AI companies and hosted a large meeting with parents of children serving in the Israel Defense Forces.
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Netanyahu attended the «Be Best» First Ladies’ Summit, a global technology conference of first ladies hosted by Melania Trump, focused on expanding access to distance-learning technologies for children and teenagers.
Netanyahu, a child psychologist who works three times a week at the Jerusalem municipality, has immersed herself in the issue.
First Lady Melania Trump with Sara Netanyahu at The Be Best initiative in Washington D.C., March 2026. (Shmulik Almany )
The visit also carried economic implications, leading to expanded dialogue with Microsoft and Meta at the global level.
Netanyahu told Fox News Digital that companies expressed interest in advancing investments worth tens of millions of dollars to implement advanced AI models for remote learning among children and youth — particularly in Israel, where educational continuity has been disrupted by the security situation.
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«Israel is a leading country among advanced Western nations — in morality, values and certainly technology. Israeli innovation impacts people around the world every day in fields such as cybersecurity, fintech and agriculture. We contribute our knowledge and build strategic partnerships that bring Israel closer to its allies,» she said.
«There is strong appreciation for Israel worldwide, and when countries recognize our contributions, they choose partnership over extremism and hatred,» Netanyahu concluded.
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Cuba registró más de 1.000 protestas en marzo en medio de cortes de energía, represión y carencias
La ola de descontento social en Cuba alcanzó un nuevo pico durante marzo, mes en el que el Observatorio Cubano de Conflictos (OCC) reportó 1.245 protestas, denuncias y expresiones críticas en todo el país.
Según el informe de la ONG, al que tuvo acceso Infobae, los cortes de electricidad, la falta de agua, la escasez de combustible y el encarecimiento de los alimentos se combinaron con una respuesta represiva del Estado, generando una situación de máxima tensión en las calles.
La Habana fue uno de los epicentros de la protesta. El OCC registró 54 manifestaciones presenciales contra la falta de servicios básicos, acompañadas por 70 grafitis antigubernamentales en diversas ciudades. El mes estuvo marcado por la persistencia de los apagones, que impulsaron a la ciudadanía a organizar cacerolazos y protestas nocturnas con lemas como “¡Libertad!”.
El punto más álgido ocurrió el 13 de marzo en Morón, Ciego de Ávila, donde manifestantes ingresaron a la sede local del Partido Comunista de Cuba (PCC). Una vez en el lugar, arrojaron mobiliario y documentos a la vía pública antes de prenderlos fuego.
El OCC catalogó el episodio como uno de los “556 desafíos al Estado policial” registrados en el mes, cifra que superó ampliamente los 432 de febrero y expuso el aumento de la confrontación directa con las autoridades.
Las fallas en los servicios públicos ocuparon el segundo lugar entre las causas de protesta, con 179 registros que reflejan el impacto de la escasez de combustible y los tres colapsos nacionales del sistema eléctrico. El transporte público y la gasolina resultaron cada vez más inaccesibles, mientras la distribución de agua potable sufrió interrupciones prolongadas, según constató el OCC.
La represión estatal se intensificó en respuesta a la movilización ciudadana. El observatorio documentó 159 actos represivos, que incluyeron la detención de más de 40 manifestantes. El caso de la influencer Ana Sofía Benítez Silvente cobró notoriedad: la joven de 21 años fue sometida a prisión domiciliaria y recibió amenazas de hasta cinco años de cárcel tras un operativo de la Seguridad del Estado dirigido a frenar su actividad en redes sociales. “El aparato estatal quedó en evidencia forcejeando con una valiente y menuda jovencita”, describió el informe.
La crisis alimentaria y la inflación también generaron 127 protestas y denuncias en marzo. El sistema de racionamiento estatal profundizó su deterioro, mientras la escasez de combustible elevó los costos de transporte y distribución, impulsando al alza los precios de los alimentos. Un reportaje de TV Azteca provocó un escándalo al revelar que parte de las donaciones humanitarias enviadas por México se vendían en dólares en tiendas operadas por el conglomerado militar GAESA.
En el ámbito social, el OCC identificó 91 incidentes relacionados con jóvenes y familias, afectados por el deterioro de la educación, la emigración forzada y la presión cotidiana sobre los hogares. Los estudiantes universitarios, por ejemplo, realizaron una sentada en la escalinata de la Universidad de La Habana para expresar su descontento.
La inseguridad ciudadana generó 85 registros de protesta, con 27 muertes relacionadas con violencia social, criminal o de género, incluidas las de una adolescente de 14 años y una niña de 7, víctimas de agresiones sexuales y homicidio. El OCC también reportó un aumento en los asaltos perpetrados por grupos organizados y armados.
En salud pública, 29 reportes expusieron el colapso del sistema hospitalario, marcado por la falta de medicamentos, insumos y especialistas, así como prolongadas listas de espera y cortes de electricidad que pusieron en riesgo la vida de pacientes.
El problema de la vivienda sumó 19 denuncias. El informe mencionó la propuesta estatal de adaptar contenedores marítimos como hogares, la falta de respuesta a damnificados por huracanes y los precios prohibitivos de alquileres en ciudades como La Habana.
A finales de marzo, la llegada del buque tanque ruso Anatoly Kolodkin coincidió con un anuncio del presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, quien flexibilizó la política de bloqueo petrolero al declarar: “Si un país quiere enviar algo de petróleo a Cuba en este momento, no tengo ningún problema con eso, ya sea Rusia o no”.
Según el experto de la Universidad de Texas Jorge Piñón, el crudo recibido permitiría producir unos 250.000 barriles de diésel, cantidad suficiente para alrededor de 10 a 12 días de consumo nacional.
El Observatorio Cubano de Conflictos concluyó que, si bien este alivio podría reducir temporalmente la presión social, la persistencia de las causas estructurales mantiene la tensión en la isla.
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SCOTUS slated to weigh future birthright citizenship protections for millions — here’s what’s at stake
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday will weigh the legality of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship in the U.S. — a landmark court fight that could profoundly impact the lives of millions of Americans and lawful U.S. residents.
At issue in the case, Trump v. Barbara, is an executive order Trump signed on his first day back in office. The order in question seeks to end automatic citizenship — or «birthright citizenship» — for nearly all persons born in the U.S. to undocumented parents, or to parents with temporary non-immigrant visas in the U.S.
The stakes in the case are high, putting on a collision course more than a century of executive branch action, Supreme Court precedent, and the text of the Constitution itself — or, more specifically, the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment.
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President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it during an indoor inauguration parade at Capital One Arena on Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Trump administration officials view the order, and the high court’s consideration of the case, as a key component of his hard-line immigration agenda — an issue that has become a defining feature of his second White House term.
Opponents argue the effort is unconstitutional and unprecedented, and could impact an estimated 150,000 children born in the U.S. annually to non-citizens.
A ruling in Trump’s favor would represent a seismic shift for immigration policy in the U.S., and would upend long-held notions of citizenship that Trump and his allies argue are misguided. It would also yield immediate, operational consequences for infants born in the U.S., putting the impetus on Congress and the Trump administration to immediately act to clarify their status.
Here’s what to expect ahead of today’s oral arguments:
What’s at stake?
Justices will weigh Trump’s executive order 14160, or «Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship.» The order directs all U.S. government agencies to refuse to issue citizenship documents to children born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants, or children born to parents who are in the U.S. legally but with temporary, non-immigrant visas.
The order would apply retroactively to all newborns born in the U.S. after Feb. 19, 2025.
Trump’s executive order prompted a flurry of lawsuits in the days after its signing. Critics argued that, among other things, the order violated the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to «all persons born … in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.»
Lawyers for the Trump administration, meanwhile, centered their case on the «subject to jurisdiction thereof» phrase, which they argue was intended at the time of its passage to narrowly «grant citizenship to newly freed slaves and their children» after the Civil War, and has been misinterpreted in the many years since.
U.S. Solicitor General D. Sauer urged the high court to take up the case last October, arguing that a pair of lower court rulings were overly broad and relied on the «mistaken view» that «birth on U.S. territory confers citizenship on anyone subject to the regulatory reach of U.S. law became pervasive, with destructive consequences.»
«Those decisions confer, without lawful justification, the privilege of American citizenship on hundreds of thousands of unqualified people,» he said.
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(Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and other justices on the high court are seen during President Donald Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address. (Win McNamee/Getty Images))
He also argued that the lower court rulings overstepped, and «invalidated a policy of prime importance to the president and his administration in a manner that undermines our border security.»
Justices on the high court will have no shortage of strings to pull on in considering the executive order, or questioning lawyers during oral arguments.
What’s changed?
The Supreme Court will use Wednesday’s arguments to weigh — to varying degrees — the text of the 14th Amendment, legal precedent, and text of the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act, among other issues cited by Sauer, the ACLU, and authors of the dozens of amicus briefs filed to the court since it agreed to review the case last fall.
Legal experts told Fox News Digital that they expect Sauer could be in for an uphill battle in convincing a five-justice majority to unwind more than 125 years of precedent and text at issue in the case.
Despite their consensus, however, the court’s conservative bloc will still face thorny issues in reconciling more than a century of court precedent with the narrower reading of the 14th Amendment embraced by the Trump administration.
Justices are likely to focus closely on precedent in the Supreme Court case, United States v. Wong Kim Ark — a 1898 ruling in which the Supreme Court ruled that the son of two Chinese immigrants born in the U.S. was indeed a U.S. citizen.
The case is widely considered to be the modern precedent for birthright citizenship, including related cases heard by the high court in the decades since.
Others cited the text of the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act statute passed by Congress, which essentially mirrors the text of the 14th Amendment in conferring legal status to persons born in the U.S., as yet another argument that could tip the scales in the migrants’ favor.
«I can think of at least five reasons off the top of my head why the Supreme Court should say that the citizenship clause means today what it has always meant,» Amanda Frost, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law who specializes in immigration and citizenship issues, told Fox News Digital.
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(Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in May 2025.)
«There is text. There is original public understanding, which certainly includes Wong Kim Ark, but also five or six Supreme Court cases after that,» Frost said.
«There is executive branch practice for the last century,» she added, «which is relevant as well when you’re interpreting the Constitution, and weighing [the question of], ‘What is the longstanding understanding of a constitutional provision by every other actor?’»
«I don’t see how they could easily count to five,» Akhil Amar, a professor at Yale Law School, told Fox News Digital in an interview, speaking of the majority votes needed.
«Even if I lose on one issue, I win on [many others],» Amar said, before ticking through a list of reasons why the Supreme Court, in his view, might swing in favor of the migrant class in question, and ACLU legal director Cecillia Wang, who is arguing the case Wednesday on behalf of the migrants.
Others agreed, albeit with a bit more reservation.
«I don’t think history supports the Trump administration’s view,» John Yoo, a law professor at the University of California Berkeley and former lawyer during the Bush administration, told Fox News Digital on the strength of the administration’s case.
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A woman under a purple umbrella walks past the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Stateless newborns, enforcement issues
Another question will be one of enforcement. Trump’s executive order does not codify the legal status that should be conferred to children who are born in the U.S. to holders of temporary, long-term visas — including student visas and H1B visas, legal experts told Fox News Digital.
Frost, the University of Virginia Law professor, noted that Congress has not provided a pathway to legal status for the class of children who would be born in the U.S. and not granted citizenship. This means that the government would essentially need to act at lightning speed to confer some sort of status — be it temporary or longer-term — to newborns, should the justices side with Trump.
«The parents may have applied for a green card,» Frost said of newborns born to illegal immigrants, should the court allow Trump’s order to take force. «They might get the green card the next day.»
«It would not matter,» she said. «The child would not be a citizen.»
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks alongside President Donald Trump at a White House press briefing in this 2025 photo. Bondi’s remarks have at times landed her in hot water and diverged from the administration’s own messaging. (Getty Images)
Yoo, Amar, and others cited similar concerns voiced by justices briefly during oral arguments in another birthright citizenship case, Trump v. CASA, last year. The administration asked the court to review the case not on the merits of the order, but as a means of challenging so-called «universal,» or nationwide injunctions issued by federal court judges.
Despite the focus on the lower court powers, some justices still used their time to question Sauer about the birthright citizenship order and its implementation.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh, for his part, pressed Sauer for details on what documentation newborns might need at birth should Trump’s executive order take force.
«On the day after it goes into effect — it’s just a very practical question of how it’s going to work,» Kavanaugh noted, before asking Sauer: «What do hospitals do with a newborn? What do states do with a newborn?» he asked, in order to determine their citizenship on a birth certificate.
«I don’t think they do anything different,» Sauer said in response. «What the executive order says in Section Two is that federal officials do not accept documents that have the wrong designation of citizenship from people who are subject to the executive order.»
«How are they going to know that?» Kavanaugh pressed, shaking his head.
The government’s position «makes no sense whatsoever,» Justice Sonia Sotomayor said at the time, before noting that it appeared to violate «four Supreme Court precedents,» and risked leaving some children stateless.
The Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, D.C. (AP/Jon Elswick)
Who to watch
While it’s difficult to speculate how justices on the high court might position themselves in considering a case, there are some conservative justices that have signaled early skepticism about the Trump administration’s arguments. Their votes could prove to be decisive, experts said.
«In terms of oral arguments, I think what you’re going to see is a lot of attention paid to how Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Kavanaugh view the issue in particular,» Yoo said. «I think it will be up to them» to determine the majority ruling, he said.
Roberts, in particular, often relies heavily on Supreme Court precedent, Yoo noted, and has been wary of overturning decisions made under previous courts — pointing to the «sort of anguished dissent» he authored in Roe v. Wade.
«I think that’s really the question: whether there’s going to be enough historical evidence to change Robert’s mind about how to treat precedent,» he said, noting the chief justice tends to view questions of institutional importance and consistency as top-of-mind.
When it comes to birthright citizenship, Yoo said, there is a much longer history and court precedent that is older and «more well-followed» than Roe ever was, he noted, which could swing the conservatives in the ACLU’s favor.
«We never know why the Supreme Court decides to hear a case,» Amar told Fox News Digital. «But I’m hoping that they heard the case because America deserves an answer.»
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A decision from the high court is expected by late June.
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