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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sun Mar 29, 2026, 02:20 PM 4 hrs ago

Birthright Citizenship Case Pushes Trump's Relationship With Supreme Court to Brink

The Wall Street Journal
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The Supreme Court is set to consider a pillar of President Trump’s immigration crackdown: limiting U.S. citizenship. Trump seems to be bracing for defeat.

Birthright Citizenship Case Pushes Trump’s Relationship With Supreme Court to Brink
President fumes at justices as they prepare to take up his next big case
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1:16 PM · Mar 29, 2026

The Supreme Court is set to consider a pillar of President Trump’s immigration crackdown: limiting U.S. citizenship. Trump seems to be bracing for defeat.

The Wall Street Journal (@wsj.com) 2026-03-29T17:16:50.234804Z


Birthright Citizenship Case Pushes Trump’s Relationship With Supreme Court to Brink

President fumes at justices as they prepare to take up his next big case

By James Romoser
March 29, 2026 5:00 am ET


Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett during a State of the Union address.
Justices listened to President Trump’s State of the Union address in February. Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg News

WASHINGTON—President Trump’s relationship with the Supreme Court has never been more toxic. Now, it risks getting worse.

After the court’s rejection of Trump’s tariffs provoked a new level of hostility from the president, the justices are set to consider a pillar of his immigration crackdown: limiting U.S. citizenship. Trump seems to be bracing for defeat.

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Birthright Citizenship Case Pushes Trump's Relationship With Supreme Court to Brink (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 4 hrs ago OP
This case will show us who are the true traitors to the constitution Mysterian 3 hrs ago #1
Trump's problem is... GiqueCee 3 hrs ago #2

GiqueCee

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2. Trump's problem is...
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 03:09 PM
3 hrs ago

... that he thinks he owns the justices he appointed. That's not how it works, Cupcake. Someone worthy of the presidency – Which you demonstrably are not – would know that.

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