The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear the case over President Donald Trump's executive order directing federal agencies to interpret the 14th Amendment as excluding birthright citizenship to the children of illegal aliens and tourists, CBS News reported.

Trump imposed the order as a means of combating the practice of birth tourism and the creation of "anchor babies", intended to present an obstacle to deportations.

Thus far, the Department of Justice has struggled to defend the order in the lower courts and it remains unclear whether the conservative friendly justices will be more receptive to their arguments.

A decision will likely come in early 2026.

Reacting to the announcement, South Carolina GOP Attorney General Alan Wilson urged the court to end birthright citizenship.

"The Fourteenth Amendment never intended to grant automatic citizenship to tourists or illegal aliens who enter our country for the sole purpose of having an ‘anchor baby,'" he said. "In October, I joined a coalition of 24 states asking the U.S. Supreme Court to answer this question and allow our nation to enforce its laws and protect its citizens. I look forward to a swift and correct decision from the Supreme Court that allows President Trump’s executive order stopping birthright citizenship to go into effect.”

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.