Trump to Attend Supreme Court Hearing on Birthright Citizenship, a Presidential First

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President Donald Trump is expected to make an unprecedented appearance at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to attend oral arguments in a case that could redefine birthright citizenship in America.

The White House confirmed the president’s schedule includes a visit to the court, according to the Associated Press, where justices will hear his administration’s appeal after lower courts blocked his executive order restricting automatic citizenship. A ruling in the case is not expected until early summer.

If Trump follows through, he would become the first sitting president to attend Supreme Court arguments.

The order, signed on the first day of his second term, seeks to deny citizenship to children born in the U.S. to parents who are in the country illegally or on temporary visas in a direct challenge to long-standing interpretations of the 14th Amendment.

“I’m going,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday, adding: “I think so, I do believe.”

In a Truth Social post on Tuesday, Trump railed against birthright citizenship, calling it “one of the many Great Scams of our time!”

“Birthright Citizenship has to do with the babies of slaves, not Chinese Billionaires who have 56 kids, all of whom “become” American Citizens,” he posted.

The case marks a major test of Trump’s broader immigration agenda, which has faced repeated legal setbacks. Courts have so far blocked the policy nationwide, preventing it from taking effect.

The president appointed three of the nine justices currently sitting on the bench: Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett.

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