On Thursday, the court wanted to keep the rules about who can be a citizen. They also wanted to find a way to make court orders smaller.

The court was not sure what to do. Most of the judges did not want the government to say that children born in the US are not citizens, even for a short time. These children's parents may not be in the US legally.

The judges listened to reasons about Trump's rules. The rules say who can be a citizen. Some courts said no to these rules. Trump asked the judges to say yes, now.

Some court orders stopped Trump from changing the government, and this made Trump and his friends unhappy.

Since January, judges have made 40 rules that cover the whole country. This was said by D. John Sauer in court. The court talked about it for over two hours.

The government wants the court to quickly decide about some important things, like who can become a citizen when they are born here. These things are about people coming to live in this country.

We can start this case fast, and it may work in the whole country.

But when Amy Coney Barrett asked questions, Sauer said the government might not like the lawsuit. They might try to make it slow.

It is not common for the top court to talk about urgent cases. They usually talk about the main problem.

The government did not ask the court about the big problem now. If the court agrees with the government, we don't know how long the rules about citizenship for children born in the US will be different in different places.

We will know by the end of June.