President Trump can't do this through congressional action, and he should take a look around him,
and he'll soon realize that any effort at a constitutional amendment
is a dead end for him because the vast majority of Americans cherish birthright citizenship.
I'm Jane Koston, and this is What A Day, the show wishing 41-year-old LeBron James many happy returns
as he reportedly plans to leave the Los Angeles Lakers for a new team next season.
Sure, by basketball standards, he's nearing retirement.
But by political standards, LeBron James is just a tiny child with decades
of important contributions to make in the future.
On today's show, it's the big one.
We get into birthright citizenship with the woman who argued before the Supreme Court to save it,
American Civil Liberties Union National Legal Director Cecilia Wong.
Before we get into all that, here's what we're following today, Tuesday, June 30th.
Let's start with the other decisions the Supreme Court made today.
The Supreme Court ruled against the rights of trans kids and their ability to play sports with their peers,
because of course they did, in a decision encompassing two cases, one from Idaho and one from West Virginia.
The court ruled that state laws that barred trans kids from playing sports on girls' and women's
sports teams did not violate either the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection or Title IX,
which forbids sex-based discrimination in education.
All three liberal justices dissented in the decision.
In his majority opinion, Justice Brett Kavanaugh argued that the ruling was necessary to, quote,