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.

The emergency appeal comes in the battle over birthright citizenship — but it could have ripple effects in cases challenging many aspects of Trump's agenda.

Read's lawyers had argued that she was actually acquitted on two of the counts against her, citing post-trial statements from jurors. A federal judge disagreed this week.

Karen Read’s defense team is challenging a federal court’s decision to not dismiss the charges against her. Her defense team filed paperwork with the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Friday,