WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will ask the US Supreme Court to rehear a case challenging his executive order curtailing birthright citizenship, a long‑shot bid to reverse the court’s rejection of one of his signature policies.
The court last month rejected Trump’s attempt to restrict birthright citizenship, ruling that his directive violated language in the US Constitution’s 14th Amendment, which confers citizenship to those born in the United States who are “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” The decision was authored by conservative Chief Justice John Roberts.
The Supreme Court rarely grants requests to rehear cases and has not done so after issuing a ruling in an argued case in decades.
Trump called the decision a “miscarriage of justice” and wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social: “AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP IS NOT FOR SALE! In fact, that is a crime, and therefore, the Supreme Court’s ruling is wrong. I will be asking for a Rehearing by the United States Supreme Court, IMMEDIATELY.”
Trump issued the executive order ending birthright citizenship on his first day back in office last year as part of a suite of policies aimed at cracking down on legal and illegal immigration. The move has been one of his most contentious domestic policy initiatives, testing the limits of presidential power. Legal experts widely view the rehearing request as unlikely to succeed, given the court’s clear ruling and its historical reluctance to revisit decided cases.
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