President Donald Trump has again said he will make the unprecedented move and travel to the Supreme Court to watch oral arguments as he seeks to end birthright citizenship in the United States.
Speaking in the Oval Office on Tuesday, the President said he would take the ride across town to the high court to watch proceedings – a move that could raise constitutional questions related to the separation of powers.
‘And I’m going,’ Trump said when a reporter brought up the case.
The President said he was attending ‘because I have listened to this argument for so long.’
‘And this is not about Chinese billionaires who are billionaires from other countries who all of a sudden have 75 children, or 59 children in one case, or 10 children, becoming American citizens,’ Trump argued. ‘This was about slaves.’
Birthright citizenship was established by the 14th Amendment, which was ratified in 1868 to guarantee citizenship to recently freed slaves – but historically has applied to every person born in the US or its territories.
As part of his hardline immigration policies, Trump signed an executive order ending birthright citizenship on Inauguration Day 2025.
Lower courts have ruled that the executive order is unconstitutional.
President Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Tuesday that he planned to travel to the Supreme Court Wednesday morning to listen to oral arguments in the birthright citizenship case
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the case at 10:30 a.m. ET Wednesday.
In October, Trump previously said he’d be going to the Supreme Court to watch arguments related to his tariff case, but he ended up pulling out.
That case did not go in his favor, despite the Court being made up of a 6-3 conservative majority, with the justices striking down Trump’s authority to broadly impose tariffs, as he had done since the beginning of his second term.
Chief Justice John Roberts, appointed by President George W. Bush, along with Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, both Trump appointees, joined the three liberals in the February decision.
Trump fumed over the decision, calling it a ‘disgrace.’
Asked about his views on the justices now, Trump answered, ‘I love a few of them.’
‘I don’t like some others,’ he added.
The President complained about the justices appointed by Democratic Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
An exterior shot of the Supreme Court on Monday with spring flowers blooming outside. President Donald Trump said he plans to take an unprecedented trip to the high court to watch proceedings Wednesday
‘I don’t care how good your case is, you can have the greatest case ever. They’re going to rule against you. They always do. And it’s not supposed to be that way,’ Trump said.
The justices appointed by Republicans, Trump said, ‘tend to be very different.’
‘They want to show how honorable they are. So a man can appoint them and they can rule against them,’ the President continued. ‘We’re so proud we ruled against Trump. We’re so proud. We’re above it.’
‘And there are those that say that’s wonderful, and there are those who say that’s so stupid,’ the President added.
The Supreme Court is supposed to act as a separate but equal branch of the government.
That’s why presidents have historically never attended the oral arguments of a case.
They tend to only travel to the Supreme Court for ceremonial occasions.
Trump had made such a trip during his first term, he said.
‘I went once before, the opening of the Supreme Court in the last administration,’ the President said.
