‘What do states do with a newborn?’ Kavanaugh quizzes Trump lawyer on birthright order

Crowd joins progressive justices fighting to maintain birthright citizenship

WASHINGTON—As demonstrators here demanded the Supreme Court uphold the U.S. Constitution against Donald Trump, progressive justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor hit Trump’s lawyer with the same demand inside the chamber—but in more polite language. In a May 15 session that lasted more than two hours, Justices Jackson and Sotomayor challenged Trump’s Solicitor General, D. John Sauer, about the constitutionality of a Trump executive o…

Trump-Appointed Justice Seems Real Skeptical of Plans to End Birthright Citizenship

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh launched a series of pointed questions at a Trump administration lawyer about the president’s plan to end birthright citizenship. The shockingly blunt approach during oral arguments Thursday signaled an apparent opposition to the administration’s arguments. The Trump-appointed jurist asked Trump’s Solicitor General John Sauer to provide details on any procedures that hospitals and states would have to follow…

‘What do states do with a newborn?’ Kavanaugh quizzes Trump lawyer on birthright order

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh asked the Trump administration Thursday to explain the practical details of ending birthright citizenship for people born in the United States to parents who entered the country illegally.

Brett Kavanugh Presses John Sauer On Birthright Citizenship

Justice Brett Kavanugh flustered a Trump administration attorney by pressing him for details on how the plan to end birthright citizenship would actually work.