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Birthright Citizenship Arguments, Trump's Mideast Trip, Sean 'Diddy' Combs Trial
16 May 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court seemed divided as justices heard arguments debating how lower courts should handle President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship. Trump heads back to Washington after four days of pomp in the Middle East. The first week of the federal criminal trial of Sean Combs featured testimony alleging a pattern of control and violence.Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.Today's episode of Up First was edited by Krishnadev Calamur, Jacob Ganz, Roberta Rampton, Ally Schweitzer and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ana Perez, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis, and our technical director is Carleigh Strange. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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The Constitution guarantees citizenship to anyone born in the United States.
President Trump tried to overturn that right and asked the Supreme Court to limit the power of judges to stop him. What are the arguments?
I'm Ian Martinez, that is Steve Inskeep, and this is Up First from NPR News. President Trump basked in the luxury offered by foreign governments. He also used U.S. troops as the audience for a campaign rally-style speech. What did his Mideast trip accomplish for the United States? Frank Ordonez traveled with him and has an assessment.
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Judging by their questions in oral arguments, the Supreme Court seemed divided yesterday.
Yeah, they went back and forth with lawyers for more than two hours about birthright citizenship. Lower courts have found it was unconstitutional for President Trump to try and erase that constitutional right by executive order.
NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg says the government advanced a different argument. Hi there, Nina. Hi there, Steve. So, Nina, what was the president trying to do, or his lawyers, anyway?
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