Supreme Court BOMBSHELLS: Against Trump on Birthright Citizenship, WIN For Protecting Female Sports, with Mike Davis, Alan Dershowitz, and Kristen Waggoner | Ep. 1350
June 30, 2026
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5 min readSupreme Court Delivers Split Verdict: Birthright Citizenship Upheld, State Bans on Boys in Girls' Sports Affirmed
The Supreme Court closed its term with two blockbuster decisions that cut in opposite directions for the Trump administration and the conservative movement. In a blow to the president's agenda, the Court struck down his executive order ending birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants and birth tourists. But in a major victory for advocates of women's sports, the justices ruled 6-3 that states may keep biological males out of girls' and women's athletic competitions. The decisions landed amid an extraordinary false report from NPR that Justice Alito was retiring, which the network retracted within ten minutes.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:15) **Supreme Court Issues Two Major Decisions on Final Day of Term** - Megyn Kelly introduces the two blockbuster rulings: a win for states banning boys from girls' sports, and a loss for President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship.
- 2 (02:34) **Birthright Citizenship Ruling: The Majority Opinion** - Megyn explains the 5-4 decision that Trump's executive order violated the 14th Amendment, with Roberts and Barrett joining the three liberals.
- 3 (06:58) **Birthright Citizenship Dissent: Thomas, Gorsuch, and Alito** - The three conservative justices dissented, with Alito raising national security concerns about birth tourism from adversarial nations.
- 4 (08:16) **NPR's False Report on Justice Alito's Retirement** - Megyn details how Nina Totenberg and NPR erroneously reported that Justice Alito was stepping down, a report the Supreme Court quickly denied.
- 5 (10:06) **First Guest Segment: Mike Davis and Alan Dershowitz React** - Megyn brings on Mike Davis (Article III Project) and Alan Dershowitz to analyze the two decisions.
- 6 (16:00) **Kavanaugh's Concurrence and the Legislative Path Forward** - Dershowitz argues Kavanaugh's dictum about Congress amending the statute provides a real roadmap, while Davis counters that five justices have already constitutionalized the issue, requiring a constitutional amendment.
- 7 (20:26) **Why Did Amy Coney Barrett "Go So Wrong"?** - Megyn and Davis question whether Barrett misrepresented her judicial philosophy during her confirmation, with Davis accusing her of putting "vanity over our country."
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Show Notes
Megyn Kelly begins the show with the breaking news on the Supreme Court striking down President Trump's birthright citizenship executive order, why Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Barrett let down the conservatives again, and more. Then Mike Davis, founder of the Article III Project, and Alan Dershowitz, author of "Founding Fathers and One Jewish Mother," join to discuss and debate the Supreme Court's massive birthright citizenship ruling, how Justice Antonin Scalia would have ruled on this issue, whether Congress could take action to fix this issue, steps President Trump could take right now to cut down on and stop birthright tourism, whether Justice Kavanaugh could have offered a path to a new ruling, and more. Then Kristen Waggoner, President and CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom, and Madison Kenyon, former female athlete, join to discuss the historic Supreme Court decision allowing states to ban boys from girls' sports, what the ruling means for female athletes nationwide, the vindication female athlete Kenyon feels after being forced to compete against a male, Justice Kavanaugh's powerful opinion explaining why protecting girls' and women's sports matters, the Supreme Court's recognition of biological differences and biological reality, the hysterical reaction from the left to the Supreme Court ruling protecting girls' and women's sports, media efforts to spin the decision, what will happen next with the fight to protect female spaces, and more.
Davis- https://article3project.org/
Dershowitz- https://www.amazon.com/Founding-Fathers-One-Jewish-Mother/dp/1510787682/
Waggoner & Kenyon- https://adflegal.org/
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