Listen to key points in Supreme Court’s hearing over birthright citizenship
Zoom in on key points made during the birthright citizenship fight that erupted at the Supreme Court:
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON: Your view of birthright citizenship turns on what the status of the parents is, not the child. Help us understand why we wouldn’t see a mention of parents in the text of this Amendment.
US SOLICITOR SAUER: I think it’s well understood that newborns cannot… pic.twitter.com/K2H2pLN82m
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) April 1, 2026
HOLY CRAP! President Trump’s top attorney John Sauer just concluded his oral arguments against birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants against Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson:
SCOTUS Justice Jackson attempts to corner him on what the U.S. would do when a… https://t.co/ZfxoRfMR6I pic.twitter.com/tZnGRIyQ9p
— Morse Report (@MorseReport) April 1, 2026
Justice Thomas just forced the birthright citizenship debate back to first principles.
Solicitor General Sauer laid it out: The Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment was written to OVERRULE Dred Scott and secure citizenship for freed slaves who had DOMICILE here and owed… pic.twitter.com/b5iZgFSSLQ
— Gunther Eagleman (@GuntherEagleman) April 1, 2026
BREAKING: Liberals stunned after Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito drops a perfect truth bomb on the 14th Amendment:
He says that just because illegal immigrants were not an issue when the 14th Amendment was adopted, it does NOT mean they shouldn’t be addressed now!
ALITO:… https://t.co/rJOXc1D9Bj pic.twitter.com/BiZ62cPiJC
— Morse Report (@MorseReport) April 1, 2026
NOW! SCOTUS Justice John Roberts PUSHING BACK HARD against President Trump ending birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants:
This would mean we need Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett for a chance at 5-4.
SAUER: China has 500 birth tourism companies to bring people… https://t.co/lTLW8lGEnr pic.twitter.com/3bckX1WhDK
— Morse Report (@MorseReport) April 1, 2026
JUST IN: President Trump’s lawyer John Sauer drops a massive TRUTH NUKE on liberal SCOTUS Justice Elena Kagan:
Sauer just argued that the 14th Amendment CLEARLY requires allegiance to America, not a foreign power, meaning the children of illegal immigrants do NOT qualify for… https://t.co/tGAAXAHq7j pic.twitter.com/qGYNTn1sjz
— Morse Report (@MorseReport) April 1, 2026
BREAKING: President Trump has just LEFT the Supreme Court after watching John Sauer absolutely EVISCERATE SCOTUS DEI Ketanji Brown Jackson’s pro-illegal immigrant birthright citizenship arguments for OVER 9 minutes:
Sauer makes it crystal clear: the 14th Amendment requires… https://t.co/UyT7LUZEpr pic.twitter.com/vtP2NOHj5g
— Morse Report (@MorseReport) April 1, 2026
Justice Kavanaugh delivered one of the sharper exchanges in the birthright citizenship arguments, pressing Solicitor General Sauer on why the 14th Amendment used different language than the Civil Rights Act of 1866 if they were meant to say the same thing.
Sauer answered… pic.twitter.com/eumspvQIOR
— Gunther Eagleman (@GuntherEagleman) April 1, 2026
HUMANITARIAN DILEMMA AT SCOTUS
Justice Alito warned of people here illegally who have “made a permanent home here and have established roots.” @realjohnsauer‘s reply: America’s nearly unrestricted birthright rule is “an outlier among modern nations.” pic.twitter.com/Vo2t4Uz4ib
— Real America’s Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) April 1, 2026
TRUMP: “Birthright citizenship…was meant for the children of slaves. This was not meant for the whole world to come in & pile into the United States.” pic.twitter.com/nyvjqgOfB9
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 30, 2025