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... But Trump is happy to browbeat whomever it takes to get what he wants. And he's reserved some of his most pointed recent criticisms for Supreme Court justices he appointed who have occasionally ruled against him.

So after spending two years floating breaking this norm -- and after suffering his biggest Supreme Court defeat in the chamber's February tariffs decision -- Trump finally did it.

But his decision to go was curious. And it's arguably even more so after the hearing.

Trump seemed to want to send a signal to judges, who have increasingly proven his biggest obstacles in his second term. The fact that he chose to attend even amid the war with Iran -- and hours ahead of a primetime address to the nation on the conflict -- would seem to reinforce that. It's not like he doesn't have other things to do.

But combined with a series of adverse recent court rulings, his presence at the Supreme Court risked reinforcing how little he can control the judicial branch.

The policy at issue on Wednesday was Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship. On the president's first day back in office last year, he sought to effectively overturn the more-than-century-old interpretation that the 14th Amendment grants citizenship to the children born to noncitizens on US soil.

The conventional wisdom has long been that this order stood little chance of surviving the courts -- it's been ruled against at every turn in the lower courts -- and Wednesday's hearing did little to disabuse anyone of that notion.

Solicitor General D. John Sauer faced a barrage of skeptical questions even from the court's conservative and Trump-appointed justices.

In perhaps the most difficult exchange for the administration, Chief Justice John Roberts pressed Sauer on its claims about so-called "birth tourism," or traveling to US soil to deliver a child so they can be a citizen. When Roberts noted that wasn't a problem when the 14th Amendment was ratified after the Civil War, Sauer responded that "we're in a new world now."

To which Roberts shot back: "Well, it's a new world. It's the same Constitution." ...


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Data center boom poses early challenge for New Jersey's affordability agenda
www.politico.com

.... New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill came into office promising to lower energy costs " even pledging to freeze utility rates.

Instead, they could soon be on the rise.

Electricity bills for New Jersey residents jumped about 20 percent last year, leading to record-high costs this winter " a spike regulators and consumer advocates say is being driven by the explosive growth of energy-hungry data centers powering the AI boom.

The surge is creating an early political test for Sherrill, a newly elected Democrat who made affordability the centerpiece of her campaign. She now faces rising costs driven by forces largely outside her control.

Much of that demand is coming from outside New Jersey. Northern Virginia -- home to the country's largest concentration of data centers " is causing a surge in electricity use across the regional grid that includes New Jersey.

Since New Jersey is part of a 13-state power market run by PJM Interconnection, Sherrill has few tools to stop the increases. ...


The words of Pedo 47:

Mar 3: "We won the war."

Mar 7: "We defeated Iran."

Mar 9: "We must attack Iran." "The war is ending almost completely, and very beautifully."

Mar 12: "We did win, but we haven't won completely yet."

Mar 13: "We won the war."

Mar 14: "Please help us."

Mar 15: "If you don't help us, I will certainly remember it."

Mar 16: "Actually, we don't need any help at all." "I was just testing to see who's listening to me." "If NATO doesn't help, they will suffer something very bad."

Mar 17: "We neither need nor want NATO's help." "I don't need Congressional approval to withdraw from NATO."

Mar 18: "Our allies must cooperate in reopening the Strait of Hormuz."

Mar 19: "US allies need to get a grip -step up and help open the Strait of Hormuz"

Mar 20: "NATO are cowards."

Mar 21: "We don't use it, we don't need to open it."

Mar 22: "This is the last time. I will give Iran 48 hours." "Iran is Dead"

Mar 23: "We are giving them more time."

Mar 24: "The war is nearing its end."

Mar 25: "We are still negotiating."

Mar 26: "Iran is begging for peace. They gave us a gift. We will give them more time."

Mar 27: "Talks with iran are going very well"

Mar 28: "War will be over soon"

Mar 29: "Maybe we take Kharg island, maybe we dont"

Mar 30: "Open the Strait or we will obliterate all energy infrastructure and oil wells"

Mar 31: "We dont need the strait, we got plenty of oil. Get it yourself UK."

Apr 1: "War will be over in two to three weeks"

Apr 4: "Iran has 48 hours or I'll reign down hell"

Apr 5: "Praise be to Allah! Open the ------- straight!"

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