The Supreme Court seems poised to reject President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship in a consequential case that was magnified by his unparalleled presence in the courtroom.

The Supreme Court seemed poised Wednesday to reject Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship in a consequential case that was magnified by his unparalleled presence in the courtroom.

Conservative and liberal justices questioned whether Trump’s order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens comports with either the Constitution or federal law.

Arguments lasted more than two hours in a crowded courtroom that included not only Trump, the first sitting president to attend arguments at the nation’s highest court, but also Attorney General Pam Bondi and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and in seats reserved for the justices’ guests, actor Robert De Niro.

  • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    This point I read in a related CNN article made me literally go WTF:

    During a somewhat awkward exchange with conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, Solicitor General D. John Sauer struggled to say definitively whether he thought Native American children born today would be entitled to birthright US citizenship under the type of ruling he’s asking the Supreme Court to issue.

    Native Americans are the ORIGINAL Americans!! As if the murder and suffering of their ancestors, the theft of their land, and the discrimination many of them face today isn’t enough… now these suited clowns in DC are questioning whether newborn native Americans should automatically get citizenship?! The fucking audacity!

    Of course, we all know why these scumbags want to disenfranchise native Americans: because they aren’t white and Christian enough for their liking.