Your argument seems to turn our justice system, in my view at least, into a catch-me-if-you-can kind of regime from the standpoint of the executive, where everybody has to have a lawyer and file a lawsuit in order for the government to stop violating people's rights.

I don't understand how that is remotely consistent with the

rule of law. That's Supreme Court Justice Katanji Brown Jackson during arguments over the

Trump administration's push to end birthright citizenship. We'll explain why the case could

have major implications for the court challenges against many of

President Trump's other executive orders. Plus, we'll get the latest reporting from Turkey, where

today Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to meet with Ukraine's delegation on those

talks to end Russia's war against that country. Also this morning, Newark is not the only airport having major

technical issues. Another airport has experienced an air traffic control outage. We'll tell you

what happened there. Good morning. Welcome to morning, Joe. It is Friday, May 16th. With us,

we have the co-host of our fourth hour, Jonathan Lemire. He's a contributing writer at the Atlantic

covering the White House and national politics. NBC News and MSNBC Polic. host of our fourth hour, Jonathan Lemire, he's a contributing writer at the Atlantic, covering

the White House and National Politics, NBC News and MSNBC Political Analyst, former U.S.

Senator Claire McCaskill and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, MSNBC political analyst, Eugene Robinson.

Good morning to you all.

Great group assembled on a Friday morning.

John, before we dive into the news, a big one for you and for me, for Boston and for New York. Tonight at the Garden, a pivotal game six. For me, as a Knicks fan, it's must win. We don't want to go back to Boston for game seven. Got to do it tonight.

Tonight, we'll test the bonds of our friendship, Willie.

And I will say only one of these teams employs Luke Cornett, so maybe that's advantage Celtics.

And I know you like him as a Vanderbiltz guy.

Look, Nick's rightly favorite tonight, you know, without Jason Tatum, the Celtics are wounded here.

They, of course, blew a couple games already this

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