SUPREME COURT – FALL 2025 VIDEOS

Coordinators: Michael Wellner, Bob Gottfried

The Supreme Court is a contemporary issues course that examines the composition of the court and its recent and pending decisions.

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Birthright Citizenship: Trump’s Executive Order v. Fourteenth

Presenter: Bob Gottfried
Presentation Date: September 2, 2025

• Birthright Citizenship

On his first day in office in his second term as President, Trump issued Executive Order 14160 entitled “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship.” This was an attempt to end birthright citizenship by fiat, in disregard of the U.S. Constitution and Supreme Court precedents. Come to the Supreme Court class to learn about the history of birthright citizenship, the current status of Trump’s Executive Order, and my opinion about how the Supreme Court will ultimately rule on the constitutionality of the order.

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A Rogue President and A Rogue Supreme Court?

Presenter: Sandra Abramson
Presentation Date: September 16, 2025

• Rogue Supreme Court

Since even before Donald Trump’s assumption of power in January 2025, the Supreme Court has bent over backwards to decide cases in his favor, e.g. the presidential immunity case last year in which it found that Trump generally can’t be prosecuted for official acts. Since January 20, 2025, Litigation Tracker has the following SCOTUS statistics: 14 Supreme Court stays or order to vacate lower court orders; 1 Supreme Court affirmation of lower court order. Essentially, SCOTUS is out of step with the lower courts. What does this mean? And how do we deal with it?