Nina Totenberg
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On day one of his second term, he signed an executive order barring citizenship for children born in this country.
to parents who are illegally here or who are here legally but on temporary, even long-term visas.
Several of the conservative justices, however, indicated major questions about how the Trump administration plan would work out in practice if there were no automatic citizenship for newborns in the United States.
If we were to do that, asked Justice Gorsuch, how would you know who the father is or the mother?
I'm not really sure that it was important.
Trump came into the Supreme Court chamber about 10 minutes before the argument began.
As far as my spotters could see, because I'm too short, he glowered the whole time, never once smiled, and left after his solicitor general had finished the main part of his argument.
Hmm.
The justices, for their part, seem to have organized themselves more than usual and were quite determined not to let the argument go on ad infinitum, even mentioning a desire not to exceed time limits.
I even had the impression that they must have met up for a few minutes at least and said how they wanted to treat Trump, respectfully, but not be his lapdogs either.
President Trump has long wanted to get rid of birthright citizenship.
On day one of his second term, he signed an executive order barring citizenship for children born in this country.
to parents who are illegally here, or who are here legally, but on temporary, even long-term visas.
And here's Sauer trying, rather unsuccessfully, I think, to persuade Chief Justice Roberts.
It's the same Constitution.
Several of the conservative justices, however, indicated major questions about how the Trump administration plan would work out in practice if there were no automatic citizenship for newborns in the United States.
If we were to do that, asked Justice Gorsuch, how would you know who the father is or the mother?
What if they are unmarried?