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Trump becomes first sitting president at Supreme Court as birthright case begins
Supreme Court Weighs Trump’s Push To End Birthright Citizenship With President In Attendance
The Supreme Court on Wednesday morning hear arguments Wednesday morning on President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship.Trump will attend the hearing, making him the first president in history to sit in on a Supreme Court hearing.Beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET, the nine Supreme Court justices will hear arguments from Solicitor General John Sauer, who is defending Trump’s order, which would end the automatic grant of citizenship for anyone born on American soil, including the children of illegal immigrants. Among the groups challenging Trump’s order is the American Civil Liberties Union, whose legal director, Cecillia Wang is arguing the case before the Supreme Court.The case centers on the Trump administration’s interpretation of the 14th Amendment, and the president’s attempt to clarify who qualifies as a person born in the United States and is “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” The White House argues that the 14th Amendment “has always excluded from birthright citizenship persons who were born in the United States but not ‘subject to the jurisdiction...
