
The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday morning over President Trump’s efforts to limit birthright citizenship. In a historic first, the president himself showed up to the hearing. Ann E. Marimow, who covers the Supreme Court, took us inside the room. Guest: Ann E. Marimow (https://www.nytimes.com/by/ann-e-marimow) covers the Supreme Court for The New York Times from Washington. Background reading: • Here are five takeaways (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/us/politics/scotus-birthright-citizenship-takeaways.html) from the birthright citizenship argument. • Mr. Trump attended the Supreme Court oral arguments (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/us/politics/trump-supreme-court-visit.html) , then left an hour in. Photo: Anna Rose Layden for The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily) . Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts (http://nytimes.com/podcasts) or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

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