As it pushes to implement a plan to end birthright citizenship, the Trump administration is counting on an argument about out-of-control federal judges to prove irresistible to some Supreme Court conservatives.

This article was updated on March 14 at 2:34 p.m. The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to enforce an executive order signed by President Donald Trump ending birthright citizenship – the guarantee of citizenship to virtually anyone born in the United States.

The Supreme Court signaled Friday it will review the Trump administration’s request to press forward with ending birthright citizenship. The Trump administration filed a trio of legal appeals regarding birthright citizenship to the country’s highest court on Thursday.