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Kermit Roosevelt III: Trump’s birthright citizenship stance aims to ‘undo centuries of progress’
MSNBC· 2026-04-05 17:34
at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He's the award-winning author of The Nation That Never Was, a groundbreaking reinterpretation of the American story. Kermit, good to see you again.Thank you for being with us. Thanks so much for having me. You have been one of the few people to frame this in a fashion that is really important for us to think about.Donald Trump is kind of hoping that the simple, obvious answer, well, if you're not born here, you shouldn't be a citizen automatically will wash over ...
‘As American as apple pie’: Democratic lawmaker on birthright citizenship
MSNBC· 2026-04-05 01:20
Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical of the Trump administration's bid to limit birthright citizenship during oral arguments this TAKE A LISTEN. YOU SAY THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE 14th AMENDMENT WAS TO PUT ALL SLAVES ON EQUAL FOOTING, NEWLY FREED SLAVES ON EQUAL FOOTING AND SO THEY WOULD BE CITIZENS. BUT THAT'S NOT textual.8 billion people are one plane ride away from having a child who's a U .S. citizen. Well, it's a new world. It's the same constitution.How are we determining when or whether a newborn c ...
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Nick Szabo· 2026-04-03 22:32
RT Kangmin Lee | 이강민 (@kangminlee)Not a singular East Asian country has birthright citizenship btw ...
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The Wall Street Journal· 2026-04-03 04:54
🎧 Listen: These exchanges show how the Supreme Court might rule on birthright citizenship. https://t.co/gZLKsgwPCa ...
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Bloomberg· 2026-04-02 16:55
The Supreme Court heard arguments over the legality of Trump's birthright citizenship executive order on April 1. Here’s what to know https://t.co/olPCDX0xqu ...
'We win this case': ACLU head says birthright citizenship case could be '7-2'
MSNBC· 2026-04-02 14:23
Here on Earth, the fate of the United States citizship is now in the hands of the Supreme Court after justice has heard arguments in a landmark case that could challenge what it means to be a United States citizen. Joining us now, the executive director of the ACLU, Anthony Romero. He was in the courtroom yesterday, of course, involved in this suit.Anthony, thank you so much for joining us this morning. My pleasure. My pleasure. My pleasure.We want to ask you to predict what just how justice will YOU KNOW, ...
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell - April 1 | Audio Only
MSNBC· 2026-04-02 10:19
The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now. Good evening, Lawrence. Hey, Chris. We have uh Harvard law professor Lawrence Tribe standing by to talk about uh what was the big news of the morning at the Supreme Court. And of course, we'll begin tonight with the big news of the night. Uh Donald Trump announcing nothing we didn't already know. That's exactly that's [laughter] I think that's that's an incredibly appropriate headline for that. I really was like, is it really going to be like this the ...
Trump attends Supreme Court birthright citizenship arguments
NBC News· 2026-04-02 04:35
President Trump appearing at the US Supreme Court this morning to hear oral arguments on one of the most controversial moves of his immigration crackdown. His attendance for arguments a first for a sitting president. Mr.. Trump seated in the front row as the justices, including conservatives he appointed, peppered the government's top lawyer with questions about the president's plan to end birthright citizenship guaranteed under the Constitution to almost anyone born on US soil. How would it work. You're no ...
Trump SHOWS UP to Supreme Court as birthright citizenship case gets picked apart
MSNBC· 2026-04-02 01:09
things Donald Trump has done he did on the first day of his second term. Day one. He signed an executive order decreeing an end to birthright citizenship, an effort to begin denying citizenship to babies born here on U .S.soil. Today, the Supreme Court heard a challenge to that order with Trump right there in the gallery, the first sitting president to ever attend the court's oral arguments. But he left shortly after his solicitor general defended his order to end birthright citizenship, perhaps because it ...
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Mike Benz· 2026-04-02 00:24
RT Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle)“The Supreme Court has never resolved this issue.”@GraziellaPastor pushes back on the left’s claim that birthright citizenship is settled law.The key question: What does “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” really mean—and who it applies to. https://t.co/Ub3sQhaAFc ...