President Donald Trump unleashed a fiery 1 a.m. tirade on Truth Social early Monday, slamming the Supreme Court as it weighs his controversial executive order to end birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants. The 79-year-old president accused the court of failing the country, calling the citizenship clause a “money-making hoax” and urging justices to use “powers of common sense” for the nation’s good.
The outburst followed a contentious Supreme Court hearing on April 1, where Trump took the rare step of attending in person to witness oral arguments over his policy. He stormed out after justices, including his own appointees, expressed deep skepticism about the legality of revoking the citizenship clause through executive action. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered a sharp rebuttal to Solicitor General D. John Sauer’s claim that modern immigration patterns justified reinterpretation, stating, “It’s a new world. It’s the same Constitution.”
Justice Neil Gorsuch, a Trump nominee, also challenged the administration’s stance by questioning Sauer on historical precedents, noting that children born to tribal Native Americans were not automatically granted citizenship until the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924. Every lower federal court that has reviewed Trump’s order has struck it down, and the conservative-leaning Supreme Court appears poised to follow suit.
Trump’s late-night rant also referenced Fox News host Mark Levin, whose Sunday episode of ‘Life, Liberty and Levin’ argued that the 14th Amendment was never intended to extend citizenship beyond freed Black slaves and their children. “If they saw it they would never allow that money making HOAX to continue,” Trump wrote, suggesting the justices should study Levin’s commentary. Levin, in his broadcast, warned the court against “constitutionalizing” the issue, claiming it would mark them as the most activist bench in history.
The 14th Amendment explicitly states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” Trump’s broader criticism of the Supreme Court extended to unrelated issues, as he accused the justices of costing the U.S. “hundreds of billions of dollars” through past tariff rulings, warning that the country can “only withstand so many bad decisions.”
Legal experts note that a ruling against Trump’s order could solidify judicial constraints on executive overreach in immigration policy. The Supreme Court’s decision, expected in the coming months, will hinge on whether the justices view the 14th Amendment’s language as immutable, with oral arguments suggesting a likely rejection of the administration’s position by a majority of the bench.
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