
Why Trump might regret his historic visit to the Supreme Court
Newsy
President Trump became the first modern president to attend a Supreme Court oral argument, observing a hearing on his birthright citizenship order. And it’s no real secret what this was about.
President Donald Trump bulldozed yet another longstanding norm of American government on Wednesday by becoming the first modern president to attend an oral argument of the Supreme Court.
It’s no real secret what this was about.
Presidents have avoided attending oral arguments to negate even the appearance of trying to unduly influence a coequal branch of government. But Trump is happy to browbeat whomever it takes to get what he wants. And he’s reserved some of his most pointed recent criticisms for Supreme Court justices he appointed who have occasionally ruled against him.
So after spending two years floating breaking this norm — and after suffering his biggest Supreme Court defeat in the chamber’s February tariffs decision — Trump finally did it.







