President Trump says he plans to attend Supreme Court oral arguments today on his executive order ending birthright citizenship. It would be the first time a sitting president would be present during oral arguments at the Supreme Court. Critics call it a dangerous assault on the independence of the judiciary. President Trump signed the executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship on his first day back in office. A series of lower courts blocked it, ruling that the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil. Here’s President Trump speaking to reporters yesterday.

President Donald Trump: “And this is not about Chinese billionaires or billionaires from other countries who all of a sudden have 75 children — or 59 children, in one case — or 10 children becoming American citizens. This was about slaves. And if you take a look, slaves, we’re talking about slaves from the Civil War.”