Happening Now: SCOTUS and POTUS in The Same Room; At Stake: What It Means to Be An American
Rogue Energy
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3.0 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
A landmark case is being heard at the Supreme Court today and President Trump is making history in the process by attending. Trump is the first sitting President to ever hear oral arguments at the Supreme Court. Tje justices are listening to arguments on limiting birthright citizenship. This all boils down to the justices interpretation of our 14th amendment, which up until now has guaranteed citizenship to most babies born in this country, regardless of their parents’ legal status. The Trump administration is trying to change that.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:15.0 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:16.2 | It is Wednesday, April 1st, and it is 2026. And as we speak, we're having arguments about what it means |
| 0:26.5 | to be an American. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. Landmark case at the Supreme |
| 0:31.6 | Court happening right now over birthright citizenship. Arguments are underway as we speak. |
| 0:37.3 | One side, the president's side has gone so far. and that's what we're going to talk about in this particular episode. Robs, we haven't discussed this ahead of time, but we listen to every second of the arguments in which the Solicitor General was making the case on behalf of the president. After listening to that, we're not legal scholars. How do you think is going for the president? |
| 0:55.0 | It seems like a lot of the justices have questions implying just how messy this ask is, the implications |
| 1:05.0 | of how you will determine all these different scenarios, because this is a very different way of viewing what it |
| 1:13.0 | means to be an American and will impact obviously so many people. |
| 1:18.9 | And I think it's just confusing. |
| 1:20.0 | So it seems like to me, and again, so not used to listening to Supreme Court justices. |
| 1:25.6 | And this has actually been fascinating to listen to it. |
| 1:28.2 | But it doesn't seem like it's going great for the president. |
| 1:31.4 | Learn more in the past hour, probably about American history than I did in three years of junior high school. |
| 1:40.1 | This is fascinating. |
| 1:41.4 | Folks, if you hadn't, this is just amazing stuff to listen to these debates happen. |
| 1:45.9 | But the 14th Amendment, everybody in this country knows you're learning in school. |
| 1:51.3 | Everybody knows if you're born in the U.S., you are a U.S. citizen automatically. |
| 1:55.6 | Remind folks, I know you have it in front of you there are folks, robs, the actual language of the 14th Amendment. |
| 2:00.6 | We'll just hit you |
| 2:01.1 | with that first. Yes, all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the |
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