Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett. And I'm Amna Nawaz. On the news hour tonight, the Supreme Court

hears President Trump's challenge to birthright citizenship and his effort to restrain lower court

judges who block his policies. Ukrainian and Russian officials prepare to meet in Turkey for peace talks,

but who will and will not be at the meeting

raises questions about whether Russia is serious about making a deal.

And a federal judge whose son was murdered speaks out about increasing threats to judges.

There are severe consequences to the type of rhetoric that is being used.

And I fear for the safety of judges and their families.

Welcome to the News Hour.

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in one of the most consequential cases of the year,

the ability for President Trump to carry out his executive order ending birthright citizenship.

That's the constitutionally protected right of citizenship for those born in the United States,

regardless of their parents' nationality or immigration status. The central question in this case,

though, is the limits of judicial power, namely universal injunctions which allow a federal judge

to issue a nationwide block to executive orders. In recent months, several district court judges

have used nationwide injunctions to pause a number of the Trump administration's policies,

including an executive order which seeks to end birthright citizenship. Today, the government

argued those judges are overstepping their constitutional authority. Earlier, President Trump weighed in, posting on social media, quote,

Birthright citizenship is about the babies of slaves, and it had nothing to do with illegal

immigration for people wanting to scam our country.

We will sort that out in a moment.

But outside the court today, a group of attorneys general who are challenging the president's

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