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Inside the Supreme Court as Trump faced the justices he's criticized
The first sitting president known to have attended a Supreme Court argument sat silently in the courtroom for more than an hour as his birthright citizenship plan was debated.
Analysis: Inside the Supreme Court, as President Trump faced the justices he's criticized.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) 2026-04-01T20:59:42.409Z
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-trump-faced-justices-criticized-rcna266067
WASHINGTON — Usually, when a Supreme Court session starts, all eyes in the courtroom are on the mahogany bench behind which the justices sit.
Not this time.
Abuzz with word that President Donald Trump would become the first sitting president known to have attended a Supreme Court oral argument, reporters and others in the courtroom were craning their necks in the opposite direction.,,,,
What makes Trump different is the invective he has aimed at the very justices whom he wants to win over. After the tariffs loss, he referred to those who voted against him — including Roberts and two other conservative justices — as a "disgrace to our nation" and "very unpatriotic and disloyal to the Constitution."
Before the justices entered the courtroom on Wednesday, some lawyers who had been scheduled weeks ago to be sworn in as members of the Supreme Court bar expressed surprise that the president would be in attendance for what they considered their special moment......
Soon after Cecillia Wang — the American Civil Liberties Union lawyer leading the challenge to his executive order — began her argument, Trump abruptly stood and left the courtroom to attend an Easter lunch at the White House.
His snap verdict was quickly delivered on Truth Social: “We are the only Country in the World STUPID enough to allow 'Birthright' Citizenship!”
While Trump, as his past actions have suggested, may have intended to influence the justices, there was little sign that he would. Several conservative justices, including those he appointed, appeared to be unswayed by Sauer's argument.
Not this time.
Abuzz with word that President Donald Trump would become the first sitting president known to have attended a Supreme Court oral argument, reporters and others in the courtroom were craning their necks in the opposite direction.,,,,
What makes Trump different is the invective he has aimed at the very justices whom he wants to win over. After the tariffs loss, he referred to those who voted against him — including Roberts and two other conservative justices — as a "disgrace to our nation" and "very unpatriotic and disloyal to the Constitution."
Before the justices entered the courtroom on Wednesday, some lawyers who had been scheduled weeks ago to be sworn in as members of the Supreme Court bar expressed surprise that the president would be in attendance for what they considered their special moment......
Soon after Cecillia Wang — the American Civil Liberties Union lawyer leading the challenge to his executive order — began her argument, Trump abruptly stood and left the courtroom to attend an Easter lunch at the White House.
His snap verdict was quickly delivered on Truth Social: “We are the only Country in the World STUPID enough to allow 'Birthright' Citizenship!”
While Trump, as his past actions have suggested, may have intended to influence the justices, there was little sign that he would. Several conservative justices, including those he appointed, appeared to be unswayed by Sauer's argument.
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