The birthright citizenship case before SCOTUS.
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Isaac Saul
4.7 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Trump v. Barbara, a case challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship. While a majority of justices seemed skeptical of the Trump administration’s argument that the order should be upheld, several conservative justices appeared similarly unconvinced by the plaintiffs’ case. President Trump attended the arguments, a first for a sitting president, though he left before they concluded.
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| 0:00.0 | From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle. |
| 0:08.4 | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to the Tango podcast, a place we get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking, and a little bit of my take. |
| 0:27.4 | I'm your host, Isaac Sullen, on today's episode, we're going to be talking about the SCOTUS birthright citizenship case. |
| 0:34.6 | That's right. We had oral arguments yesterday over birthright citizenship before |
| 0:39.1 | the Supreme Court. We're going to break down exactly what happened. Share some views from the left |
| 0:43.4 | and the right. And then my take, it is Thursday, April 2nd. I'm here in the studio in Philadelphia and |
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| 1:54.8 | Thanks, Isaac, and welcome everybody. Here are your quick hits for today. First up, President |
| 1:59.5 | Donald Trump delivered a national address |
| 2:01.4 | Wednesday evening, calling the U.S. military's operation in Iran a success and saying it was very |
| 2:06.5 | close to fulfilling its objectives. He suggested the war will continue for up to three weeks. |
| 2:11.4 | Separately, President Trump said in an interview that he is strongly considering pulling the United |
| 2:15.9 | States out of the North Atlantic Treaty |
| 2:18.2 | Organization, expressing displeasure with member states' refusal to support the U.S. military in Iran. |
| 2:24.0 | Number two, Republican House and Senate leaders announced a plan to end the Department of Homeland |
| 2:27.9 | Security shutdown by passing funding that excludes immigration and customs enforcement |
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