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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Barrett, who has emerged as a key vote in several cases this year involving the Trump administration, pressed Sauer about why the government is avoiding the merits of the birthright citizenship issue.

John Eastman, a lawyer at the center of Trump’s bid to overturn the 2020 presidential election results and a major proponent of his birthright citizenship arguments, was also at the courthouse.