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Washington Examiner • April 2, 2026 15:39

Three oral argument exchanges show why Trump will lose the birthright citizenship case

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It is not surprising that the three liberal justices on the Supreme Court were antagonistic toward President Donald Trump’s Solicitor General John Sauer during oral argument in Trump v. Barbara on Wednesday, nor were some of the softballs tossed Sauer’s way by Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Brett Kavanaugh. But there were three key […]

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