New Delhi, April 1 -- President Donald Trump is expected to attend a Supreme Court hearing on Wednesday concerning his administration's effort to restrict birthright citizenship.

If he follows through, Trump would become the first sitting president to be physically present during oral arguments at the nation's highest court, a venue traditionally insulated from direct executive branch visibility.

"I'm going," Trump said, when the upcoming arguments in the birthright citizenship case were mentioned. To a follow-up question clarifying that he planned to go in person, Trump said, "I think so, I do believe."

At the centre of the hearing is Donald Trump's appeal against a lower court ruling that invalidated his executive order seeking to li...