Donald Trump attends Supreme Court arguments on limiting birthright citizenship; first such appearance by incumbent President
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“President Donald Trump made a historic visit to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday (April 1, 2026) to attend arguments over the legality of a policy he considers crucial to his hardline approach toward immigration - a directive he signed on his first day back in office that would limit birthright citizenship.”
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— Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
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“Outside the neoclassical courthouse on Capitol Hill, demonstrators gathered ahead of the arguments, some holding anti-Trump signs including ones reading “Trump must go now.””
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“The court has backed Mr. Trump in a series of rulings issued on an emergency basis since he returned to the presidency last year. Those decisions came on matters including immigration, mass federal layoffs, cutting foreign aid, dismantling the Education Department, banning transgender people from the military and other areas.”
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— The Supreme Court of the United States is the country's highest federal court. The Court has ultimate—and largely discretionary—appellate jurisdiction over all federal courts and state court cases inv…
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“But the court on February 20 ruled against Mr. Trump in a major case testing the legality of the sweeping global tariffs he imposed last year under a law meant for use in national emergencies.”
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“Mr. Trump is the first sitting president to attend an oral argument at the Supreme Court, according to Clare Cushman, the resident historian at the Supreme Court Historical Society.”
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— U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sit in on Supreme Court hearing on Wednesday (April 1, 2026) on birthright citizenship, making him the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the nati…
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“There are examples of 19th century presidents arguing cases before the court - though not while in office - including John Quincy Adams, Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison.”
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“Mr. Trump’s motorcade drove from the White House along Constitution Avenue and then Independence Avenue, passing the Washington Monument and the National Mall, with crowds watching from the sidewalk.”
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“The Supreme Court’s 6-3 conservative majority includes three justices appointed by Mr. Trump during his first term in office - Neil Gorsuch in 2017, Brett Kavanaugh in 2018 and Amy Coney Barrett in 2020.”
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“Barrett’s appointment gave the court its current conservative super-majority and ushered in an epoch in which the court has moved American law dramatically to the right including rulings rolling back abortion rights, rejecting race-conscious collegiate admissions policies, limiting the power of U.S. regulatory agencies and more.”
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“Mr. Trump and senior officials in his administration often have denounced judges who have issued rulings against his policies, sometimes in highly personal terms.”
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“Three of the court’s six conservative justices - Chief Justice John Roberts as well as Gorsuch and Barrett - joined with the court’s three liberal members in ruling that Mr. Trump had overstepped his authority in imposing tariffs.”
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“Mr. Trump was incensed at Gorsuch and Barrett in particular, calling them on the day of that ruling “an embarrassment to their families.” And last week, Mr. Trump kept up his condemnation of his two appointees, saying that “they sicken me because they’re bad for our country.””
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“Mr. Trump after the tariffs ruling said he was 'ashamed' of the three conservative justices who ruled against him, calling them 'fools and lapdogs for the RINOs and the radical-left Democrats.' RINO, meaning 'Republican in name only,' is a term sometimes used by conservative Republicans to insult fellow Republicans viewed as disloyal to the party.”
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“Mr. Trump after the ruling also claimed that the court 'has been swayed by foreign interests,' but declined to provide any evidence.”
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“A lower court blocked Mr. Trump’s executive order directing U.S. agencies not to recognise the citizenship of children born in the United States if neither parent is an American citizen or legal permanent resident, also called a 'green card' holder.”
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“Mr. Trump’s administration has said that granting citizenship to virtually anyone born on U.S. soil has created incentives for illegal immigration and led to 'birth tourism,' by which foreigners travel to the United States to give birth and secure citizenship for their children.”
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“Mr. Trump wrote on social media last year, 'Birthright Citizenship was not meant for people taking vacations to become permanent Citizens of the United States of America, and bringing their families with them, all젰 the time.'”
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