President Donald Trump said that he plans to take the extraordinary step of attending Supreme Court oral arguments Wednesday in a case that could end birthright citizenship in the U.S.
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“I’m going,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Tuesday. “Because I have listened to this argument for so long.”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt later confirmed to NBC News that the president plans to be in attendance Wednesday morning when Supreme Court justices hear arguments on the constitutionality of a January 2025 executive order signed by Trump that seeks to limit birthright citizenship to people who have at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen or a legal permanent resident.
Both the court and the nonprofit Supreme Court Historical Society said in October that there is no official record of any sitting president attending oral arguments at the high court.
Trump’s presence would come weeks after his attacks on justices following the court’s ruling against his tariffs. At the time, Trump called justices “disloyal to the Constitution.”
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
Lawrence Hurley contributed.