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Trump says he will attend Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship
NBC News· 2026-04-01 01:29
The Supreme Court tomorrow is going to hear arguments about your executive order trying to get rid of birthright citizenship. >> And I'm going >> You're going to go to the Supreme Court. >> I think so.I do believe >> sit there and listen >> because I have listened to this argument for so long. And >> to our records here, this has never actually happened before. A president of the United States has never attended oral arguments uh especially on a policy that he himself wants to see get across the line from t ...
Going Chevron's Way?: NCLA Asks SCOTUS to End Unlawful Stinson Deference in Criminal Sentences
Globenewswire· 2025-09-29 14:00
Washington, DC, Sept. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed an amicus curiae brief urging the Supreme Court to hear Raymond Poore v. United States, a case challenging the unconstitutional deference doctrine established over 30 years ago in Stinson v. United States. Under that precedent, courts must defer to the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s commentary to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines in determining a criminal defendant’s sentence. Unlike changing the Guidelines, which requi ...