This episode of The Oath in the Office is sponsored by the ACLU.

Welcome to The Oath in the Office. I am John Fuglesang. We've got a lot to cover this week,

including a very special guest, David Cerroda.

And this week, the nation's highest court hears oral arguments about the constitutionality of

Donald Trump's executive order declaring that children born in the U.S. to parents who are in the

country temporarily or illegally should no longer be considered American citizens.

And the Trump administration is reviving some

very old, very racist arguments to make their case. We've now reached the point where the legal

strategy is basically cite dead Confederates and dead guys who called the Chinese barbarians.

It's not even subtle. It's not even dog whistle. It's a bullhorn screaming.

Yeah, the 14th Amendment says everyone born here's a citizen. But have you considered the opinions

of some racist dead guys who didn't like that idea? Let's go to the star of our program.

Professor of Constitutional Law and Political Science, one of the country's leading voices

on executive power, civil liberties and the Constitution, and he doesn't like me to say it,

but he's a fine breakd dancer. Professor Corey Brechtnter, it's good to see you.

Thank you so much, John. And, you know, to get through the horrible arguments that Trump

administration is making in this case, what better way to do it than with your brilliant...

Oh, no, no, no.

That'd have me cracking up from the beginning.

Let's get into it.

You know, I love that setup.

That's who they're citing.

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