"Justice Coney Barrett put Trump administration 'in a corner' in hearing: legal expert.:
Donald Trump's administration appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday for oral arguments about the birthright citizenship executive order.
On his first day in office, Trump signed an order that would bar citizenship to anyone born to a mother who was unlawfully present in the United States, and the father was not a U.S. citizen or a lawful permanent resident.
MSNBC legal analyst Catherine A. Christian, who previously served in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, brought up an exchange between Justice Amy Coney Barrett and U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer.
The debate was over the government's idea that there was no need for a nationwide injunction, while the case worked through the courts. The justices questioned if it would mean every child denied birthright citizenship must sue in court to obtain it. (Continued)
"Justice Coney Barrett put Trump administration 'in a corner' in hearing: legal expert.:
Donald Trump's administration appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday for oral arguments about the birthright citizenship executive order.
On his first day in office, Trump signed an order that would bar citizenship to anyone born to a mother who was unlawfully present in the United States, and the father was not a U.S. citizen or a lawful permanent resident.
MSNBC legal analyst Catherine A. Christian, who previously served in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, brought up an exchange between Justice Amy Coney Barrett and U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer.
The debate was over the government's idea that there was no need for a nationwide injunction, while the case worked through the courts. The justices questioned if it would mean every child denied birthright citizenship must sue in court to obtain it. (Continued)
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