President Trump's attorney delivered a masterclass performance at the Supreme Court Wednesday, presenting "striking" evidence of rampant birth tourism abuse that has turned American citizenship into a commodity for wealthy foreign nationals and illegal border crossers.
In what marks the first time a sitting president has visited the Supreme Court for oral arguments, Trump's legal team defended his groundbreaking executive order that seeks to end the automatic granting of citizenship to children born on U.S. soil to illegal immigrants - a practice that has been weaponized against the American people for decades.
Attorney John Sauer systematically dismantled liberal justices' weak attempts to defend the status quo, citing the original intent of the 14th Amendment's authors who never intended birthright citizenship to apply to those not "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States. As one social media observer noted, Justice Kagan "sounds either stupid or disingenuous" when she tried to dismiss Sauer's evidence as relying on "some obscure Lincoln speech," ignoring that he actually cited "the primary authors and supporters of the 14th Amendment."
The Trump administration's case highlighted how birth tourism has exploded into a multi-billion dollar industry, with wealthy foreigners flying to America specifically to give birth and secure citizenship for their children. Meanwhile, illegal immigrants pour across our border knowing their anchor babies will be granted instant citizenship - a perverse incentive that has fueled the border crisis.
Social media erupted as patriots celebrated Trump's historic court appearance: "TRUMP 1ST PRESIDENT TO VISIT SCOTUS- FOR BIRTH RIGHT HEARINGS," posted one account, noting how Sauer effectively argued that just as the 14th Amendment didn't cover Native American tribes outside U.S. jurisdiction, it shouldn't cover children of those here illegally.
Predictably, left-wing activists melted down, with one even comparing Trump's legal arguments to a "Byzantine Emperor" - because apparently citing constitutional history is now tyrannical to these people.
This case represents Trump's boldest move yet to restore sanity to our immigration system and end the exploitation of American generosity. Will the Supreme Court finally put America First and end this constitutional abuse?