The Supreme Court will decide if President Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship can stand, the court announced on Friday.

Why it matters: If the justices agree with the president, the court could overrule a right guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and upheld by SCOTUS over a century ago.

What they're saying: "The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted to grant citizenship to newly freed slaves and their children—not to the children of temporary visitors or illegal aliens," the government argued in its petition for Writ of Certiorari before the court. • The White House, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Agriculture, Department of State and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment

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