WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Thursday, May 15

By Ellena Erskine
on May 15, 2025

We’re expecting one or more opinions from the court at 10 a.m. EDT. Following the opinion announcements, the court will hear oral arguments in three consolidated emergency appeals over orders blocking President Donald Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship. We’ll be live blogging both, join us starting at 9:30 a.m. EDT.
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read:
- What to watch for during the Supreme Court’s historic birthright citizenship arguments (John Fritze, CNN)
- At Supreme Court, a Once-Fringe Birthright Citizenship Theory Takes the Spotlight (Abbie VanSickle, The New York Times)
- US Supreme Court hears arguments on Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship (Bernd Debusmann Jr, BBC News)
- Trump’s Case Against Birthright Citizenship Is a Constitutional Loser (Damon Root, Reason)
- A Key Tool for Stopping Government Tyranny Might become a Casualty of Next Week’s Birthright Citizenship Case (Anthony Sanders, The UnPopulist)
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