What the Supreme Court said about birthright citizenship

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🗓️ 15 May 2025

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The Supreme Court has been hearing arguments about President Trump's executive order trying to end birthright citizenship, which has been paused by numerous federal courts. Law professor and former U.S. attorney Kim Wehle joins us. Then, Sen. Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin, explains why he thinks House leaders should cut more from the spending plan they are drawing up, and why it won't pass in the U.S. Senate if they don't. And, the Trump administration reduced tariffs against China from 145% to 30% over the weekend. The lowered rate elapses after 90 days. One board game designer is still suing the administration over its ability to levy these tariffs and argues that the trade chaos is hurting his industry. We hear from Jamey Stegmaier, president of Stonemaier Games.

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0:22.2	This case, what's problematic about it is that the courts keep deciding the same way,
0:27.6	and nobody really thinks that the lower courts are going to do anything different.
0:32.1	The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to rule on birthright citizenship,
0:39.2	but some of the justices see an end run around the rule of law.
0:51.8	It's Thursday, May 15th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBUR.
0:57.0	I'm Chris Bentley.
1:00.5	Today on the show, Republican Senator Ron Johnson has concerns about Trump's big, beautiful budget bill.
1:07.6	He says it doesn't cut enough.
1:09.9	And tariffs were supposed to help return manufacturing jobs to the U.S., but there are lots
1:16.1	of things that simply can't be brought back.
1:18.8	Take the example of complex board games like Wingspan.
1:23.2	Its designer says it can't be made here.
1:26.2	We already have a partner that can make those games consistently in China.
1:31.5	And so no matter what the tariffs were going to be, we were going to continue to make those
1:35.1	products in China and only consider the potential of new, simpler products made in the U.S.
1:40.0	in the future.
1:46.3	But first, on the face of it, a case before the Supreme Court today is about President
1:51.9	Trump's effort to end birthright citizenship, a right established by the 14th Amendment
1:57.6	to the Constitution.
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