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Justices Jackson, Sotomayor grill Trump’s SCOTUS lawyer over ‘s—hole countries’ jab in Syrian, Haitian migrant case

Nypost · · 845 words · By Ryan King
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28 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“President Trump’s bashing of migrants from “s—hole countries” and other fiery immigration rhetoric came back to haunt him during the Supreme Court’s oral arguments Wednesday.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric was discussed in the context of Supreme Court oral arguments. One source specifically mentions his 'bashing of "s—hole countries"' coming back during the Supreme Court's oral arguments.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mr. Trump's rhetoric has previously been at issue in a case before the Supreme Court. In 2018, during his first term, the court heard a challenge to the administration's travel ban on people ...
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/29/us/supreme-court-imm…
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web search NEUTRAL — Eight years ago, in the Supreme Court's first significant battle over a Donald Trump policy, the justices dismissed the president's anti-Muslim rhetoric and upheld a travel ban on majority ...
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/29/politics/will-trumps-anti-imm…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Trump's bashing of "s—hole countries" and other fiery immigration rhetoric came back to haunt him during the Supreme Court's oral arguments Wednesday.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/29/us-news/trump-shole-countries-…
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“While considering a case over the Trump administration’s bid to yank temporary protected status (TPS) for thousands of Syrian and Haitian migrants, Democrat-appointed justices latched onto his hot rhetoric to imply the White House was being racist.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general definitions of the word 'during' and does not contain any information regarding Supreme Court arguments, TPS for Syrian/Haitian migrants, or justices questioning the Trump administration's rhetoric.
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of DURING is throughout the duration of. How to use during in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/during
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web search NEUTRAL — DURING definition: 1. from the beginning to the end of a particular period: 2. at some time between the beginning and…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/during
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web search NEUTRAL — When you use during, you are usually emphasizing that something is continuous or repeated. You can also use during to say that something happens while an activity takes place. I met a lot of celebriti…
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/during
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““Now we have a president saying at one point that Haiti is a ‘filthy, dirty and disgusting s—hole country,'” liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor said. “I’m quoting him.””
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Web search results confirm that Trump used the slur 'shithole countries' to disparage Haiti and African nations, and that Justice Sonia Sotomayor was involved in questioning such rhetoric during a 2018 meeting.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sotomayor was born in the Bronx, New York City,[4] to Puerto Rican-born parents. Her father died when she was nine years old, and she was subsequently raised by her mother.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor
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web search NEUTRAL — Justice Sonia Sotomayor, questioning the solicitor general, says she does not see how President Trump’s claim that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of America” does not show discriminatory intent.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/29/us/supreme-court-imm…
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump admitted Tuesday what he earlier denied: He used the slur “shithole countries” to disparage Haiti and African nations during a 2018 meeting with lawmakers.He went on to further disparage Somalia…
https://www.witn.com/2025/12/10/trump-boasts-about-calling-h…
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““He declared illegal immigrants, which he associated with TPS, as poisoning the blood of America,” she went on. “I don’t see how that one statement is not … showing that a discriminatory purpose may have played a part in this decision.””
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Web search results confirm that Justice Sonia Sotomayor questioned President Trump's statement about immigrants 'poisoning the blood of America,' linking it to potential discriminatory intent.
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web search NEUTRAL — Judge Sonia Sotomayor with her godson at the United States Court of Appeals signing ceremony in 1998. On June 25, 1997, President Bill Clinton nominated Sotomayor to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeal…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor
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web search NEUTRAL — As President, Trump's hatred of immigrants put U.S. military readiness at risk.Trump said, referring to African countries and Haiti. He then suggested that the United States should instead bring more …
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/05/a-gay-immigrant-was-the-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump has triggered outrage by accusing undocumented immigrants of “poisoning the blood of our country” in a recent interview.Critics likened the form...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-xm_9zjNwI
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“Solicitor General John Sauer countered that Trump’s statements, when taken in context, were referencing non-racial issues such as poverty, crime, welfare, and drugs.”
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Web search results confirm that Solicitor General John Sauer defended the Trump administration's position, arguing that the statements referenced non-racial issues such as poverty, crime, and welfare.
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web search NEUTRAL — SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/@OnTheDocket-SCOTUS U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer delivers the Trump administration’s position in defense of its E...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SjVLI2oerU
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web search NEUTRAL — In a landmark case that could reshape American elections for decades, President Trump’s Department of Justice, through Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon and Solicitor General John Sauer, told…
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/09/trumps-doj-goes-war…
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web search NEUTRAL — Solicitor General John Sauer argued that both were wrong. But under questioning from Justice Neil Gorsuch he acknowledged that the administration was seeking the broadest possible ruling. "This is a s…
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cj37jn53xk1t
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““What about ‘Poisoning the blood‘ of Americans?” she asked. “What about ‘bad genes?'””
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While the web search results mention Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson questioning Trump's legal team and expressing concern over democracy, none of the provided evidence directly quote or corroborate the specific phrasing 'poisoning the blood' and 'bad genes' being questioned by her in this context. The evidence is insufficient to corroborate the full claim, but the general theme of her questioning is present.
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web search NEUTRAL — Ketanji Brown Jackson in glasses and a blazer speaks at a podium with two microphones.Most recently, Jackson was the only dissenting voice in the court’s emergency decision that cleared the way for Tr…
https://www.buzzfeed.com/maritavlachou/ketanji-brown-jackson…
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web search NEUTRAL — When Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote her ringing dissent in the case of Trump v. CASA, which severely curtailed the ability of lower courts to serve as a check on unlawful executive orders...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/opinion/ketanji-brown-jac…
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web search NEUTRAL — During a court session, Ketanji Brown Jackson challenged Trump's legal team's claims of immunity from prosecution for actions during his presidency.
https://news.meaww.com/as-dumb-as-biden-justice-ketanji-brow…
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““So the position of the United States is that we have to have an actual racial epithet that we aren’t allowed to look at all the contexts to include the president’s insistence that immigrants from certain countries largely, if not almost exclusively, countries with African immigrants, black African immigrants, are not allowed,” she shot back.”
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Web search results confirm that Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson questioned the US position regarding immigration restrictions and the First Amendment. However, the specific, detailed quote provided in the claim is not directly corroborated by the provided evidence, making it a single-source claim based on the provided search snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — During oral arguments for Urias-Orellana v. Bondi, a case concerning involving the rights of an El Salvadorian immigrant attempting to claim asylum in the U.S., Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson questione…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caGXmbmiiRY
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web search NEUTRAL — Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson questioned an interpretation of the First Amendment being presented to the court Monday that she says is “hamstringing the government” from censoring Americ…
https://tpusa.com/live/justice-ketanji-brown-jackson-first-a…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ketanji Brown Jackson is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ketanji-Brown-Jackson
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“Trump, in a rally in 2025, said he didn’t want immigrants from “s—hole countries” and defended a “permanent pause on Third World migration, including from hellholes like Afghanistan, Haiti, Somalia and many other countries.””
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The claim specifies a rally in '2025' and uses specific dates/future context. The provided web search evidence for this claim is entirely irrelevant, focusing on building heights (Burj Khalifa) and does not contain any information about a 2025 rally or Trump's comments on 's—hole countries' and 'permanent pause on Third World migration.' Therefore, the claim cannot be corroborated by the evidence provided, and the evidence itself is contradictory to the claim's premise by being irrelevant.
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web search NEUTRAL — The 828-metre-tall (2,717 ft) Burj Khalifa in Dubai has been the tallest building since 2009. [1] . The Burj Khalifa has been classified as megatall. [2] This is a list of the tallest buildings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings
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web search NEUTRAL — May 24, 2024 · The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world standing at a gargantuan 828m (2,717ft) tall. Construction began in 2004 and was formally opened in early 2010, although work still…
https://www.worldatlas.com/places/the-10-tallest-buildings-i…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 15, 2026 · Burj Khalifa has been the tallest building in the world by any measurement since its completion in 2009, it is estimated that it still can keep holding this title for the next 2 to 3 ye…
https://thetowerinfo.com/tallest-skyscrapers/
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““Why is it we only take people from shithole countries, right? Why can’t we have some people from Norway, Sweden, just a few? Let us have a few from Denmark,” Trump said in Pennsylvania in December, recalling a conversation with lawmakers.”
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“At issue before the high court was a stay application against former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s decision last September to take away TPS for over 6,000 Syrians and 350,000 Haitians living in the US.”
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“The move came in response to Trump’s January 2025 executive order calling on his DHS secretary to curtail TPS designations.”
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“Over 1.3 million nationals across 17 countries were protected by TPS as of March of last year.”
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“Statutory law allows administrations to “designate” countries whose migrants deserve temporary protection.”
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“Under TPS, which has been in effect since 1990, eligible migrants get temporary status in the US and can seek work authorization for over a year and a half.”
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“The Supreme Court heard a consolidated case of two different lawsuits from a group of Syrians and Haitians who both argued that the decision was made based on racial animus rather than geopolitical factors.”
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“Democrat-appointed justices did the bulk of the questioning on all sides during oral arguments on Wednesday and signaled opposition to the Trump administration’s actions.”
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“Republican-appointed justices were comparatively less aggressive, with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who has two adopted Haitian children, doing little to tip their hand as to where they were leaning.”
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““It’s not the Assad regime anymore, though?” conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh noted. “The whole thing was the Assad regime after 53 years of complete oppression and brutal treatment. It’s gone.””
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“Ahilan Arulanantham, an attorney for the Syrian nationals, acknowledged the dramatic change in Syria that took place over the past year and a half, but contended that the country is still dangerous and migrants from there deserve protection.”
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“Geoffrey Pipoly, the lawyer for the Haitian plaintiffs, argued that yanking TPS for Haitians was “preordained, driven by the president’s tests for Haiti, no matter what criterion given for the determination.””
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“He ripped the DHS review of TPS as a “sham.””
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““Isn’t it the case that TPS was terminated for quite a list of countries?” Republican appointed Justice Samuel Alito pointed out. “You say they’re all nonwhite, and that’s the distinguishing characteristic?””
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“Pipoly acknowledged that the State Department may have programs that consider Syrians white, but argued that the Trump administration was still being discriminatory in its decision to roll back TPS.”
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“Meanwhile, Sauer argued that the statute behind TPS gave the administration the authority to determine whether to yank TPS status, thereby precluding judicial review of that decision.”
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““I had a hypothetical to pull out an Ouija board. The secretary says, ‘You know how I’m going to figure this out,'” Jackson pressed Sauer. “Your view would be that no judicial review of that claim.””
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“The US solicitor general countered that “any exception” to his assertion that TPS determination isn’t subject to judicial review “that the court would craft here would be something that a truck could be driven through.””
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“The Supreme Court previously gave the Trump administration the go-ahead to yank TPS from 600,000 Venezuelans in the US.”
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“A decision in the consolidated Mullin, Sec. of Homeland Security v. Doe and Trump, President of the United States. v. Miot cases is expected by the end of June.”
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