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When you think about it, who has more power than someone in Congress?
You know, power there is wielded on a daily basis.
They make laws, they repeal laws, they amend laws.
This is an incredible imbalance in the power between a perpetrator and a victim.
And I think that it is time for this to end.
Do you worry that that helps Vladimir Putin, though?
The court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in the case of Trump v. Barbara, which centers on an executive order from President Trump's first day back in office.
The order would revoke birthright citizenship for babies born after February 19th of last year to non-citizen parents and would end the practice in perpetuity.
Barbara is a pseudonym for a Honduran woman whose child was born last October.
Trump's lawyers argue that the current practice of automatically extending citizenship to babies born within the U.S.
is a misinterpretation of the 14th Amendment.
The amendment states, quote, All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.
Arguments are set to begin at 10 a.m.
Eastern Time.
After the Supreme Court voided several of the president's tariffs in a ruling last week, Trump announced a blanket 10% global tariff rate.
The lawsuit, which was filed today, claims the administration does not have the authority to implement these tariffs either.
Attorneys general from Oregon, Arizona, California, and New York are leading the case.
Oregon's Attorney General Dan Rayfield said of the lawsuit, quote, the focus right now should be on paying people back, not doubling down on illegal tariffs.
The suit is backed by 20 predominantly blue states, including Colorado, Illinois, and Minnesota.