Trump Asks Supreme Court to Rehear Birthright Citizenship Case
The Trump administration is making a long-shot bid to get the Supreme Court to reconsider its birthright citizenship ruling, a rare and seldom-granted legal move.
The Trump administration announced a bid Monday to persuade the Supreme Court to rehear its birthright citizenship case, launching a legal long shot that rarely succeeds at the nation's highest court. The move signals the administration's continued push to restrict automatic citizenship for children born on U.S. soil to parents who are in the country illegally or on temporary visas.
Supreme Court rehearings are extraordinarily uncommon, and the justices grant them only in exceptional circumstances. By pursuing this avenue, the administration is signaling its willingness to exhaust every available legal channel on an issue President Trump has made a cornerstone of his immigration agenda.
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This is not the first time Trump has asked the Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling that went against him. The former and current president previously petitioned the Court to rehear a case stemming from the civil lawsuit brought by writer E. Jean Carroll, who won a verdict holding Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation — a request that also faced steep odds.
The birthright citizenship debate centers on the 14th Amendment, which guarantees citizenship to all persons born on U.S. soil. Critics of the administration's position argue that the amendment's text is unambiguous, while supporters of restrictions contend that its original intent has been broadly misapplied for decades. The Supreme Court's willingness — or refusal — to rehear the case will carry major constitutional implications for millions of people.
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