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.

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"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.

[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.

[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"

[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.