Trump's Supreme Court Stunt: Birthright Citizenship Challenge

On April 1st, President Donald Trump made history this week as the first sitting president

to show up in person for Supreme Court oral arguments.

He set Fratt Row, watching his team's push to end birthright citizenship through an executive

order he signed on his first day back in office.

The case, Trump vs. Barbara, challenges whether the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship

to everyone born on U.S. soil.

Her courts already blocked the order, calling it unconstitutional, so now the nine justices

are digging into it.

Even some Trump appointees, like Chief Justice John Roberts, Amy Coney Barrett, and Neil

Gorsuch, hit the administration's arguments hard during the hearing.

Roberts called a key point quirky.

Barrett said it creates a new kind of citizenship, and Gorsuch pressed on Native American status.

Birthright citizenship comes from the 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868 to protect freed slaves,

but it covers all births on U.S.

Soil since then.

Trump targets birth tourism by foreigners, but polls show most Americans oppose the change.

Aquina P.X. survey found a majority against it, and a Washington-post ABC News poll pegged

opposition at 67%, Democrats like Hakeen Jeffries filed briefs slamming the move.

Justices grilled the solicitor general on practical stuff, like how to check parent status

for newborns, maybe using social security numbers.

The ACLU argues the amendments plain words, lock an automatic citizenship, no exceptions

for illegal or temporary visitors.

Trump's courtroom stunt amps up the tension after his past jabs at the court, with a ruling

due by June or July that could reshape citizenship rules.

For good.