Donald Trump has said he intends on ending birthright citizenship, which would require overturning the 14th Amendment. But even by attempting to overturn it– which would trigger scores of lawsuits – the question could appear in front of the Supreme Court,

In United States v. Wong Kim Ark, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the 14th Amendment provides people born in the U.S. citizenship at birth.

Donald Trump’s team is crafting an executive order to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants, a monumental move the president-elect’s allies say is a key step in their long-term strategy: getting the issue before the Supreme Court.

The President-elect has promised to halt the policy as soon as he gets into office, though such efforts would face steep legal hurdles.

This would presumably expose millions to deportation from the land where they were born. As Christian Farias noted in New York Magazine when Trump threatened to end birthright citizenship in 2018, this issue would certainly wind up in the courts, as it exceeds Trump’s authority as president and violates a constitutional right:

Wednesday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, RCP senior elections analyst Sean Trende and Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon discussed Donald Trump telling "Meet the Press" last week that he wants to end "birthright citizenship" for people born to parents in the country illegally.

On 'Meet the Press,' Donald Trump again promised to use executive action to change birthright citizenship. What does that mean?