Trump Storms Out of SCOTUS Hearing Then Posts Lies on Truth Social
President Donald Trump made history for all the wrong reasons on Wednesday, becoming the first sitting president to personally attend Supreme Court oral arguments, only to walk out before they even finished. The case centered on his day-one executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship in the United States.
After leaving early, Trump took to Truth Social to vent, falsely claiming the U.S. is the only country in the world that allows birthright citizenship. That claim is flat-out wrong. According to Pew Research Center, 32 other nations have virtually identical birthright citizenship laws, including Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina.
The visit did not go as Trump likely hoped. Despite the court’s conservative supermajority, including three justices he personally appointed during his first term, several of those same justices expressed serious doubts about the administration’s legal argument. Chief Justice John Roberts, along with Trump appointees Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, asked pointed questions and raised concerns that signaled real trouble for the president’s position.
The administration has argued that the 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868 following the Civil War, was intended solely to grant citizenship to freed slaves and their descendants, not to the children of immigrants. Legal scholars across the spectrum have widely rejected that interpretation.
A ruling is expected by late June or early July. If the court sides with Trump, the consequences for immigrant families would be felt for generations.