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Shrek

(4,428 posts)
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 06:23 AM 23 hrs ago

Trump plans to attend Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/01/g-s1-116019/trump-attend-supreme-court-birthright-citizenship


WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to sit in on Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship, making him the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the nation's highest court.

The Republican president's official schedule, sent out by the White House, included a stop at the Supreme Court, where justices will hear Trump's appeal of a lower court ruling that struck down his executive order limiting birthright citizenship.

(SNIP)

"I'm going," Trump said, when the upcoming arguments in the birthright citizenship case were mentioned. To a follow-up question clarifying that he planned to go in person, Trump said, "I think so, I do believe."
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Trump plans to attend Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship (Original Post) Shrek 23 hrs ago OP
Thinking of intimidating a couple of judges with oasis 23 hrs ago #1
He will fall asleep. He has the attention span of livetohike 23 hrs ago #2
I was just about to say this. The Madcap 22 hrs ago #10
Exactly. He'll walk in with a menacing scowl on livetohike 21 hrs ago #12
That, or..... cab67 19 hrs ago #21
I hope he gets thrown out of the building. n/t livetohike 19 hrs ago #24
"The justices have lovely families..." Girard442 23 hrs ago #3
Would be a shame if anything were to, say, HAPPEN to them... EYESORE 9001 22 hrs ago #7
Five bucks... 2naSalit 23 hrs ago #4
No bet. Queso Delicioso 20 hrs ago #14
Enjoy that one, Roberts Sympthsical 22 hrs ago #5
People are already betting he's going Baitball Blogger 22 hrs ago #6
Is it going to be avaliable to the public? leftyladyfrommo 22 hrs ago #8
There should be audio available, YodaMom2 18 hrs ago #27
When he's not asleep, will he be making that stupid face mwmisses4289 22 hrs ago #9
he will probably stink up the place and have to waddle out with a "full load" Blues Heron 22 hrs ago #11
🦨 MustLoveBeagles 18 hrs ago #30
If traitor prevails, deport his children first. Kid Berwyn 21 hrs ago #13
He has no idea edhopper 20 hrs ago #15
He needs to hear the court say... RainCaster 20 hrs ago #16
They will never get the stink out of the place. twodogsbarking 19 hrs ago #17
Incentive for them to not give him what he wants, unless they want him to show up at every case newdeal2 19 hrs ago #18
Is he snoring yet? Hope for their sake he doesn't fart. Vinca 19 hrs ago #19
That would kill a charging rhino 🦏 MustLoveBeagles 18 hrs ago #31
Trump wants to pull the citizenship of those who disagree with him, and those of alfredo 19 hrs ago #20
Trump wants to rid us of the greatest threat to all: Anchor Babies alfredo 19 hrs ago #22
Nappy time for aTrump. BradBo 19 hrs ago #23
You know he is going to doze off. Katinfl 18 hrs ago #25
Nice Court you got there, Turbineguy 18 hrs ago #26
MaddowBlog-Trump's attendance at the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship arguments won't help his case LetMyPeopleVote 18 hrs ago #28
He left before arguments ended AverageOldGuy 18 hrs ago #29
Figures MustLoveBeagles 18 hrs ago #33
Roberts should have closed the proceedings and blocked his entrance. Moostache 18 hrs ago #32
They should rule that anyone who passes gas during the hearing will be executed for gas warfare crime. GreenWave 18 hrs ago #34
Krasnov would have zero understanding of the arguments Seinan Sensei 17 hrs ago #35
Your dog would probably understand more than t ever would of anything other than a picture book. mwmisses4289 14 hrs ago #37
The Supreme Court Needs To Put In Place Rules On The Use Of Executive Orders DallasNE 17 hrs ago #36
TRUMP KEEPS LOSING BUT WON'T ADMIT IT Jimvanhise 12 hrs ago #38
After Trump left early in a huff the Justices all asked "was it something we said?". twodogsbarking 11 hrs ago #39

The Madcap

(1,904 posts)
10. I was just about to say this.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 07:37 AM
22 hrs ago

There's not much more boring than sitting through hours of legal rationalization except, maybe, a day at the DMV. It will take all he can give to not snooze through it or to not have a hissy fit when he doesn't agree with a justice.

livetohike

(24,283 posts)
12. Exactly. He'll walk in with a menacing scowl on
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 08:22 AM
21 hrs ago

his face, sit down and fall asleep within 5 minutes.

cab67

(3,759 posts)
21. That, or.....
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 10:27 AM
19 hrs ago

....he'll be unable to keep his yap shut and will try to speak over the justices.

2naSalit

(102,805 posts)
4. Five bucks...
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 06:59 AM
23 hrs ago

Says he not only falls asleep during the session, when he's not trying to speak out, he'll use his 'screech' tonight to threaten the justices.

Sympthsical

(10,969 posts)
5. Enjoy that one, Roberts
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 07:04 AM
22 hrs ago

They're going to hate this if it happens. If Supreme Court Justices have anything, it's ego. And Trump trying to . . . well, trump their egos with his may not actually work as well as he thinks it does.

Justices don't answer to anybody, and if provoked, they're just as capable of giving someone a fuck you as anyone else.

I would laugh my ass off if this ended being a 5-4 with Roberts and Barrett going, "Naw, dog. It doesn't work that way."

leftyladyfrommo

(20,005 posts)
8. Is it going to be avaliable to the public?
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 07:32 AM
22 hrs ago

It might be fun to see him try to intimidate the Supreme Court.

mwmisses4289

(4,186 posts)
9. When he's not asleep, will he be making that stupid face
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 07:36 AM
22 hrs ago

that he apparently thinks makes him look stern, but in reality makes him look like a toddler about to throw a tantrum?

Kid Berwyn

(24,399 posts)
13. If traitor prevails, deport his children first.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 08:34 AM
21 hrs ago

After first stripping their citizenship, illegally — SCOTUS or no SCOTUS, as citizenship by birth is spelled out in the Constitution.

edhopper

(37,370 posts)
15. He has no idea
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 09:42 AM
20 hrs ago

how boring and drawn out hearings are. He will stay for 15 minutes and leave.

RainCaster

(13,721 posts)
16. He needs to hear the court say...
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 09:42 AM
20 hrs ago

This is the stupidest idea we have ever heard, who came up with this shit? Birthright citizenship has roots in the Magna Carta and several other documents that predate the Constitution.

newdeal2

(5,417 posts)
18. Incentive for them to not give him what he wants, unless they want him to show up at every case
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 10:18 AM
19 hrs ago

That's how I'd feel about it at least. Don't reward bad behavior.

alfredo

(60,301 posts)
20. Trump wants to pull the citizenship of those who disagree with him, and those of
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 10:25 AM
19 hrs ago

the wrong color or religion who speak out against him.

Katinfl

(816 posts)
25. You know he is going to doze off.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 11:11 AM
18 hrs ago

I want the justices to see it first hand and then think about the immunity they gave this idiot. Not that they could do anything about it now because the damage is done, but they need to see how incompetent he is and realize they gave him all this power and we are now paying the price.

LetMyPeopleVote

(179,871 posts)
28. MaddowBlog-Trump's attendance at the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship arguments won't help his case
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 11:32 AM
18 hrs ago

If his radical gambit is likely to lose, why bother with an unprecedented presidential appearance at the high court? There are two prevailing explanations.



https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/why-trump-attending-supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-arguments

Not surprisingly, Trump’s radical gambit has struggled in the courts, which relied on generations’ worth of legal precedent, but the Supreme Court nevertheless agreed to hear the case. Ahead of Wednesday’s oral arguments, the president decided to do something his predecessors never did. MS NOW reported:

President Donald Trump will be watching oral arguments today as the Supreme Court weighs whether the president holds the power to end birthright citizenship. […]

Trump’s presence at the court is significant. He will be the first known sitting U.S. president to attend oral arguments before the high court, according to the Supreme Court Historical Society.


By way of explanation, the president told reporters on Tuesday that he intended to sit in on oral arguments “because I have listened to this argument for so long.” (A day later, I’m not entirely sure what that was supposed to mean.)....

So why bother with an unprecedented presidential appearance at the high court? There are two prevailing explanations — though they’re not mutually exclusive, and both could be true.

The first is that this is part of a ham-fisted intimidation campaign: By literally showing up in person, it’s possible that Trump, who appointed a third of the court’s justices, thinks he can apply extra pressure to those who will decide the case’s fate.

If this is the goal, the president is likely to be disappointed. Unlike congressional Republicans, justices don’t want to be seen as obedient White House loyalists, and it’s easy to imagine Trump’s stunt backfiring.

The other theory is that Trump recognizes the fact that the Supreme Court won’t let him rewrite constitutional law through an executive order, so he went to oral arguments as a political tactic intended to deliver an anti-immigrant message — which the White House sees as more politically salient than other issues that are dominating the public conversation, such as the war with Iran and high gas prices.

“The big thing for Trump is to be seen putting up a fight,” Politico noted. “This policy — always a Hail Mary from a legal perspective — is as much about signaling to the president’s base as it is a serious attempt to change the law.”

Whatever the explanation, if the president expects his order to be upheld, he probably ought to start lowering his expectations. Watch this space.

Moostache

(11,179 posts)
32. Roberts should have closed the proceedings and blocked his entrance.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 11:52 AM
18 hrs ago

The separation of powers does NOT allow the President to attempt - however ham-fisted and clumsy it is - to attempt to influence Supreme Court hearings, arguments or decisions.

I literally cannot wait to finally read the words "Trump found dead."

GreenWave

(12,641 posts)
34. They should rule that anyone who passes gas during the hearing will be executed for gas warfare crime.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 11:58 AM
18 hrs ago

That might deter him.

Seinan Sensei

(1,548 posts)
35. Krasnov would have zero understanding of the arguments
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 12:20 PM
17 hrs ago

Much like my dog sitting in front of the TV, watching a Ken Burns documentary on the Civil War

mwmisses4289

(4,186 posts)
37. Your dog would probably understand more than t ever would of anything other than a picture book.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 03:49 PM
14 hrs ago

DallasNE

(8,008 posts)
36. The Supreme Court Needs To Put In Place Rules On The Use Of Executive Orders
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 12:28 PM
17 hrs ago

Right now, Trump is bypassing the Constitution with his widespread use of Executive Orders. The Court system is too slow moving to effectively deal with the lightning fast Executive Order. The Supreme Court must go beyond this Executive Order and address all uses of Executive Orders.

Jimvanhise

(595 posts)
38. TRUMP KEEPS LOSING BUT WON'T ADMIT IT
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 05:13 PM
12 hrs ago

The Voice of America is coming back. He has to give back the money he stole from PBS. Now he tried to bully the Supreme Court with his ridiculous glare but it didn't work. Still waiting to hear what he will blame his humiliating loss to Iran on. He seems to be trying to blame NATO even though NATO is a defensive organization, not an offensive organization. I don't think Trump has the nerve to blame Israel who didn't just lead him by the nose into all that, but made him think it would be easy.

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