The Supreme Court debates a fundamental issue in American identity on Wednesday: birthright citizenship in the United States. For the first time in the institution’s history, President Donald Trump plans to attend the arguments.
The nine justices, six conservative and three progressive, will rule on the government’s challenge to lower court rulings, all of which have found the unconstitutionality of a decree signed by Donald Trump upon his return to the White House. This decree, the most contested of his second term, aims to eliminate birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants to curb what he sees as an incentive for immigration to the United States.
Emphasizing the importance of this measure, Donald Trump plans to personally attend the arguments before the Supreme Court at 10 a.m. The American media highlights that this is the first time in history that a sitting president attends these debates.
Anticipating another stinging defeat before the Supreme Court, which already invalidated his tariffs imposed on many countries based on an economic emergency law in February, Donald Trump is already fuming against the judges.
Contrary to former slaves and their descendants “whose allegiance to the United States was generally established by generations of parental domicile,” children of temporary residents in the US or undocumented immigrants cannot claim the benefits of the 14th amendment, argues the government’s legal counsel, John Sauer, in his written arguments.
“The entire world is laughing at how stupid our American judiciary system has become (TARIFFS!)” he rails, insulting “idiot judges” in reference to the Supreme Court’s decision on tariffs, adopted by six votes to three, with half of the conservatives voting with the three progressives.
The decision of the Court is expected by the end of its annual session, which concludes at the end of June.
