Michael Barbaro

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From The New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.

This is The Daily.

On Wednesday morning in Washington, the scene outside of the Supreme Court captured the enormous stakes of the case that was about to be argued before its nine justices.

Birthright citizenship has just been a big part of what it means to be American for a very long time, like almost as long as the country.

A case about President Trump's efforts to end birthright citizenship that literally asks who gets to be an American.

And a case so historic that President Trump himself showed up in the courtroom to hear the arguments.

Today.