Updated
Updated · The Washington Post · Jul 9
Trump Seeks Supreme Court Rehearing on 6-3 Birthright Citizenship Ruling
Updated
Updated · The Washington Post · Jul 9

Trump Seeks Supreme Court Rehearing on 6-3 Birthright Citizenship Ruling

3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Jul 9

Summary

  • Trump said he will immediately ask the Supreme Court to rehear its decision striking down his order denying birthright citizenship to children of people in the U.S. illegally or temporarily.
  • The president called the ruling a “miscarriage of justice” and “absolutely insane” in a Truth Social post after the court ended its term last month with the decision.
  • A rehearing is a long shot: the Supreme Court rarely grants such requests, and Georgetown law professor Steve Vladeck said the last one approved was in 1965.
  • The fight centers on the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of citizenship to people born on U.S. soil, a protection the court upheld against Trump’s attempted restriction.

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