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

The court was not sure about the decision. Most of the court worried about letting the government stop giving citizenship to children born in the US to people living here without permission.

The judges listened to reasons about Trump's rules. These rules about citizenship were stopped in other courts. Trump's team asked the judges to let the rules start now.

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

Since January, judges have stopped 40 things across the country. A lawyer, D. John Sauer, told this to the court. He spoke for over two hours.

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

Someone could start this case fast, and it may help the whole country.

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

It is not common for the Supreme Court to talk about quick appeals. They usually talk about the main problem.

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

We will know by the end of June.