The justices appeared poised to turn aside government arguments that the president can deny citizenship to babies born to parents without permanent immigration status.

The Supreme Court took on President Donald Trump’s attempt to sharply limit automatic citizenship for babies born in the United States.

Trump looked on from the front row of the public gallery as Solicitor General John Sauer attempted to defend Trump’s executive order that would deny U.S. citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants and foreigners on temporary visas.

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Trump's daily schedule has him at the Court for oral arguments at 10 a.m. on April 1. He told reporters he likely would attend the hearing.

There is no record of a sitting president attending oral arguments at the nation’s highest court, though the president has floated the idea before.

The president floated a visit as he jawbones the justices to end automatic citizenship for those born on U.S. soil.