DUKE: Trump Gambles At SCOTUS And Speaker Johnson Caves On Shutdown

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Trump had a busy day yesterday from sitting at the Supreme Court to delivering an update on the war with Iran. 

TRUMP’S BIRTHRIGHT TRIP 

President Donald Trump made history Wednesday by being the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the Supreme Court. 

The case in question centered on Trump’s executive order effectively banning birthright citizenship, which automatically grants the children of temporary visitors and illegal aliens U.S. citizenship. 

The policy has gained renewed scrutiny in recent years amid the open border policies of the Biden administration and the rising birth tourism industry. The Trump administration argues that the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause — which states, “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” — was meant to more narrowly apply to the children of slaves. 

The justices, however, seemed skeptical of the government’s arguments. Chief Justice John Roberts appeared unmoved by recent threats to the nation through illegal immigration, saying flatly, “It’s a new world, it’s the same Constitution.” 

Ironically, perhaps the strongest argument for the Trump administration’s interpretation of the clause came from liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who seemed confused about what it meant to owe “allegiance” to a country. 

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