Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh launched a series of pointed questions at a Trump administration lawyer about the president’s plan to end birthright citizenship. The shockingly blunt approach during oral arguments Thursday signaled an apparent opposition to the administration’s arguments.

The Trump administration came to the Supreme Court on Thursday with what it called a “modest” request in its effort to end the constitutional right of birthright citizenship.

The Supreme Court has heard its first set of Trump-related arguments in the second Trump presidency. The case stems from the executive order President Donald Trump issued on his first day in office that would deny citizenship to children born on U.