An Argument Already Lost

Trump's Case For Redefining The 14th Amendment Was Laughably Weak

There are Supreme Court arguments where the outcome feels like anybody’s guess. Then there are arguments like Trump v. Barbara where, from the first skeptical interruption, the writing was

already on the wall.

The Trump administration came to the Court asking for something extraordinary: the power to unilaterally rewrite the meaning of the 14th Amendment. By the end of two hours of oral arguments, even a conservative-leaning Court seemed wholly unconvinced. Let’s get into it…