Trump plans to attend Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship

[Shrek]

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/01/g-s1-116019/trump-attend-supreme-court-birthright-citizenship

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to sit in on Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship, making him the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the nation's highest court.

The Republican president's official schedule, sent out by the White House, included a stop at the Supreme Court, where justices will hear Trump's appeal of a lower court ruling that struck down his executive order limiting birthright citizenship.

(SNIP)

"I'm going," Trump said, when the upcoming arguments in the birthright citizenship case were mentioned. To a follow-up question clarifying that he planned to go in person, Trump said, "I think so, I do believe."

[oasis]

1. Thinking of intimidating a couple of judges with

his icy cold stare.

[livetohike]

2. He will fall asleep. He has the attention span of

a gnat.

[The Madcap]

10. I was just about to say this.

There's not much more boring than sitting through hours of legal rationalization except, maybe, a day at the DMV. It will take all he can give to not snooze through it or to not have a hissy fit when he doesn't agree with a justice.

[livetohike]

12. Exactly. He'll walk in with a menacing scowl on

his face, sit down and fall asleep within 5 minutes.

[cab67]

21. That, or.....

....he'll be unable to keep his yap shut and will try to speak over the justices.

[livetohike]

24. I hope he gets thrown out of the building. n/t

[Girard442]

3. "The justices have lovely families..."

[EYESORE 9001]

7. Would be a shame if anything were to, say, HAPPEN to them...

[2naSalit]

4. Five bucks...

Says he not only falls asleep during the session, when he's not trying to speak out, he'll use his 'screech' tonight to threaten the justices.

[Queso Delicioso]

14. No bet.

I figure he falls asleep within minutes of sitting down.

[Sympthsical]

5. Enjoy that one, Roberts

They're going to hate this if it happens. If Supreme Court Justices have anything, it's ego. And Trump trying to . . . well, trump their egos with his may not actually work as well as he thinks it does.

Justices don't answer to anybody, and if provoked, they're just as capable of giving someone a fuck you as anyone else.

I would laugh my ass off if this ended being a 5-4 with Roberts and Barrett going, "Naw, dog. It doesn't work that way."

[Baitball Blogger]

6. People are already betting he's going

To sleep through them.

[leftyladyfrommo]

8. Is it going to be avaliable to the public?

It might be fun to see him try to intimidate the Supreme Court.

[YodaMom2]

27. There should be audio available,

but no video. SCOTUS does not allow cameras in the court.

[mwmisses4289]

9. When he's not asleep, will he be making that stupid face

that he apparently thinks makes him look stern, but in reality makes him look like a toddler about to throw a tantrum?

[Blues Heron]

11. he will probably stink up the place and have to waddle out with a "full load"

[MustLoveBeagles]

30. 🦨

[Kid Berwyn]

13. If traitor prevails, deport his children first.

After first stripping their citizenship, illegally — SCOTUS or no SCOTUS, as citizenship by birth is spelled out in the Constitution.

[edhopper]

15. He has no idea

how boring and drawn out hearings are. He will stay for 15 minutes and leave.

[RainCaster]

16. He needs to hear the court say...

This is the stupidest idea we have ever heard, who came up with this shit? Birthright citizenship has roots in the Magna Carta and several other documents that predate the Constitution.

[twodogsbarking]

17. They will never get the stink out of the place.

[newdeal2]

18. Incentive for them to not give him what he wants, unless they want him to show up at every case

That's how I'd feel about it at least. Don't reward bad behavior.

[Vinca]

19. Is he snoring yet? Hope for their sake he doesn't fart.

[MustLoveBeagles]

31. That would kill a charging rhino 🦏

[alfredo]

20. Trump wants to pull the citizenship of those who disagree with him, and those of

the wrong color or religion who speak out against him.

[alfredo]

22. Trump wants to rid us of the greatest threat to all: Anchor Babies

[BradBo]

23. Nappy time for aTrump.

[Katinfl]

25. You know he is going to doze off.

I want the justices to see it first hand and then think about the immunity they gave this idiot. Not that they could do anything about it now because the damage is done, but they need to see how incompetent he is and realize they gave him all this power and we are now paying the price.

[Turbineguy]

26. Nice Court you got there,

'be a shame if someting happened to it.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

28. MaddowBlog-Trump's attendance at the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship arguments won't help his case

If his radical gambit is likely to lose, why bother with an unprecedented presidential appearance at the high court? There are two prevailing explanations.

Link to tweet

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/why-trump-attending-supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-arguments

Not surprisingly, Trump’s radical gambit has struggled in the courts, which relied on generations’ worth of legal precedent, but the Supreme Court nevertheless agreed to hear the case. Ahead of Wednesday’s oral arguments, the president decided to do something his predecessors never did. MS NOW reported:

President Donald Trump will be watching oral arguments today as the Supreme Court weighs whether the president holds the power to end birthright citizenship. […]

Trump’s presence at the court is significant. He will be the first known sitting U.S. president to attend oral arguments before the high court, according to the Supreme Court Historical Society.

By way of explanation, the president told reporters on Tuesday that he intended to sit in on oral arguments “because I have listened to this argument for so long.” (A day later, I’m not entirely sure what that was supposed to mean.)....

So why bother with an unprecedented presidential appearance at the high court? There are two prevailing explanations — though they’re not mutually exclusive, and both could be true.

The first is that this is part of a ham-fisted intimidation campaign: By literally showing up in person, it’s possible that Trump, who appointed a third of the court’s justices, thinks he can apply extra pressure to those who will decide the case’s fate.

If this is the goal, the president is likely to be disappointed. Unlike congressional Republicans, justices don’t want to be seen as obedient White House loyalists, and it’s easy to imagine Trump’s stunt backfiring.

The other theory is that Trump recognizes the fact that the Supreme Court won’t let him rewrite constitutional law through an executive order, so he went to oral arguments as a political tactic intended to deliver an anti-immigrant message — which the White House sees as more politically salient than other issues that are dominating the public conversation, such as the war with Iran and high gas prices.

“The big thing for Trump is to be seen putting up a fight,” Politico noted. “This policy — always a Hail Mary from a legal perspective — is as much about signaling to the president’s base as it is a serious attempt to change the law.”

Whatever the explanation, if the president expects his order to be upheld, he probably ought to start lowering his expectations. Watch this space.

[AverageOldGuy]

29. He left before arguments ended

He only wanted to hear his side.

[MustLoveBeagles]

33. Figures

Tks.

[Moostache]

32. Roberts should have closed the proceedings and blocked his entrance.

The separation of powers does NOT allow the President to attempt - however ham-fisted and clumsy it is - to attempt to influence Supreme Court hearings, arguments or decisions.

I literally cannot wait to finally read the words "Trump found dead."

[GreenWave]

34. They should rule that anyone who passes gas during the hearing will be executed for gas warfare crime.

That might deter him.

[Seinan Sensei]

35. Krasnov would have zero understanding of the arguments

Much like my dog sitting in front of the TV, watching a Ken Burns documentary on the Civil War

[DallasNE]

36. The Supreme Court Needs To Put In Place Rules On The Use Of Executive Orders

Right now, Trump is bypassing the Constitution with his widespread use of Executive Orders. The Court system is too slow moving to effectively deal with the lightning fast Executive Order. The Supreme Court must go beyond this Executive Order and address all uses of Executive Orders.