Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear oral arguments over the legality of a Trump administration executive order,
calling for an end to birthright citizenship in the U.S. with the children of undocumented immigrants and foreign residents.
In consolidating appeals, the High Court says it will hear arguments May 15th.
MPR's Nina Totenberg says so far the administration has been stymied at every turn.
This case is a huge deal.
Trump issued his executive order banning birthright citizenship on day one of his administration.
To now, every court to have considered that order has blocked it,
but he's doggedly persisted in his contention that birthright citizenship is unconstitutional.
That idea, I should point out, has been widely considered a fringe view because the Supreme Court ruled,
to the contrary, 127 years ago, and that decision has never been disturbed.
Birthright citizenship is a right enshrined in the 14th Amendment,
but Trump has repeatedly said there's no automatic guarantee to citizenship.
President Trump says he still supports a negotiated deal with Iran over its nuclear program,
but as NPR's Greg Myrie explains,
the president said the failure to reach a deal would be, in his words, very bad for Iran.
President Trump was asked about a New York Times report that he waved off an Israeli plan to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities.
I always say waved off.
I'm not in a rush to do it because I think
that Iran has a chance to have a great country and to live happily without death.