The Trump administration is planning to quickly ask the Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of President Donald ...

Forty-six minutes into the Supreme Court’s oral argument in the birthright-citizenship litigation, Solicitor General D. John Sauer got a question he couldn’t answer.

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh launched a series of pointed questions at a Trump administration lawyer about the president’s plan to end birthright citizenship. The shockingly blunt ...

D. John Sauer, nominee to be solicitor general, testifies during his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing, Feb. 26, 2025.© Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images ...

Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan each asked Sauer why he didn’t urge the high court to rule on whether Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship was constitutional.

In Thursday's Supreme Court hearing, Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the judges, "Our primary contention is that the citizenship clause related to the children of former slaves, not to ...

Solicitor General D. John Sauer is representing the Trump administration in urging the court to allow Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship to take effect in at least 27 states.

The Barack Obama appointee chided U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer for not challenging the legality of birthright citizenship outright. Instead, Sauer is challenging the judicial authority to ...

Chief Justice John Roberts, likely a vote the liberal wing would need to reject Trump’s case, lobbed softballs to Solicitor General John Sauer to make it clear that he personally isn’t worried ...

Yesterday, during an oral argument spanning nearly two and a half hours, the Supreme Court justices grilled the newly installed Solicitor General D. John Sauer over the Trump administration’s ...