08/04/2026
BREAKING: Attorney Sherrilyn Ifill spills the beans on Trump's humiliating retreat from the Supreme Court today, says that it was a "good lesson for him" and he's "very small" in such settings.
This is exactly the insider insight that we wanted...
"So we are here with Sherrilyn Ifill. Sherrilyn, tell us what went on today inside of the Supreme Court," a reporter asked Ifill, the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
"Well, we had an argument in one of the most consequential cases to be heard in years and certainly one of the most consequential cases for the 14th Amendment to our Constitution," said Ifill.
Earlier today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump's birthright citizenship case. He's desperately trying to violate the Constitution and tear citizenship away from the 200,000+ Americans who were born in this country to undocumented immigrants. He made history be being the first sitting president to ever attend such oral arguments. Presumably, he was hoping to intimidate the justices.
Instead, he was forced to sit there and listen as the justices tour through his administration's case, expressing deep skepticism for the government's argument. At one point, Chief Justice John Roberts told Trump's solicitor general D. John Sauer that while "it's a new world" these days, "it's the same Constitution."
Trump eventually fled the courtroom, departing at 11:25 AM while the lawyers were still discussing the case. Clearly, he didn't hear what he had hoped to hear.
"This was the case challenging President Trump's executive order trying to restrict birthright citizenship," said Ifill. "The courtroom was obviously packed as you can imagine. Yes, President Trump did show up and sat discreetly in the back. Howard Lutnick was also here with him as well."
"The arguments were actually very robust and incredibly good," continued Ifill. "I am so proud of Cecilia Wang from the ACLU who I've rarely heard a better argument in the United States Supreme Court just in terms of her responsiveness, her clarity, her poise, her attention to detail, her knowledge of the subject matter, and her ability to respond to every question and to respond to them in a way that honored the question itself."
"I think what we heard today was a masterful argument. This case should be won by the ACLU, by the Barbara plaintiffs, unless something goes terribly wrong," she said. "But with this Supreme Court, it's always hard to tell and so I think we have to remain vigilant."
"But I would say those of us who have been trying to do work around this case have done all that we can do and the attorneys for the ACLU did a masterful job of briefing and arguing this case," said Ifill. "They left it all on the floor and I was feeling very proud in there today."
"Did you feel that President Trump's unprecedented presence had any impact at all on the vibe in the courtroom or even the decision in the case coming in July?" asked the reporter.
"To be honest, not at all in terms of the vibe of the courtroom," said Ifill. "And I think it was actually a good lesson for him. There are just places in which he's very small and the Supreme Court and the gallery and the arguments in the Supreme Court, they have their own choreography. It's its own atmosphere that has been set for a very, very long time.
"Those of us who are in there, especially those of us who are members of the Supreme Court Bar, know what that atmosphere is supposed to be like. And they run a very tight ship in terms of security and so forth. So there were no shenanigans," she added. "It didn't change the environment at all. And so we'll see what happens."
There you have it. Trump projects a strongman persona to his supporters but behind closed doors, seated before the full power of the judicial branch, he's just a pathetic old man. Remember that the next time that he blasts out some deranged Truth Social screed.
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