The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court Thursday to overturn lower court orders blocking the president's day-one executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship. The big picture: In the three separate cases — for which the administration filed three different petitions to the high court — judges issued nationwide injunctions blocking the order,

The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon requested responses from states and groups that have challenged the constitutionality of the president’s order ending birthright citizenship for the children of immigrants without legal status and foreign residents.