Carrie Johnson

The question is whether there is good cause for Trump to remove Lisa Cook.

So far, lower courts, the district court and the federal appeals court, have said no, and they've kept her in place on the job.

But Trump's envoy to the Supreme Court Solicitor General, John Sauer, basically is arguing that courts cannot second guess a president's decision about what cause might mean.

Well, that's in part because the Federal Reserve is so important to monetary policy and to his continued success.

And, you know, that would be an earthquake for federal law.

After the Civil War, the Constitution was amended to make clear in the 14th Amendment that all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.

and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the U.S.,

And since then, for over 100 years, the understanding is that, yes, if you're born here on American soil, you are an American citizen.

President Trump and his administration are arguing that part of the 14th Amendment only applies to newly freed slaves and their children, not the children of migrants.

That would really upend democracy.

most law professors' understanding of the 14th Amendment and could be a totally revolutionary view of immigration law and the Constitution.

And, you know, the Supreme Court kind of looked at birthright citizenship earlier, but it did not get to the central issue of what it meant.

Instead, it took a case earlier on that had to do with universal injunctions.

And so this is the court deciding really at the most basic level who is an American.

Yeah, this is a case out of Louisiana, and it basically concerns Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

That is considered to be the crown jewel of civil rights legislation in this country.

And basically, it prohibits treating people differently in the voting context on the basis of race.

Remember, this Supreme Court back in 2013 basically gutted another major part of the Voting Rights Act that had to do with preclearance, preapproval of voting changes in states with a history of discrimination.

So now we have another major section of this law

potentially in peril at the Supreme Court.