Trump Fails to Challenge Supreme Court's Defense of Birthright Citizenship
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Trump’s attempt to undermine the constitutional right of birthright citizenship falters as he misses the Supreme Court rehearing deadline.
President Donald Trump has once again failed in his relentless campaign to strip vulnerable communities of their constitutional rights, as he did not submit a petition asking the Supreme Court to reconsider its June 30 ruling that protected birthright citizenship. The deadline for filing a rehearing request expired Monday night, and court records confirm that no petition was filed, signaling a setback for Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda.
Despite his bluster on social media—where he vowed an 'immediate' rehearing and outrageously called the Court’s defense of the Fourteenth Amendment a 'miscarriage of justice' that would 'destroy America'—Trump and his administration have remained silent, refusing to answer questions about their failure to act.
The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision reaffirmed the citizenship clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which guarantees that 'all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.' Trump’s plan, which would have cruelly excluded children born to temporary visitors or undocumented immigrants, was rightfully blocked. Legal experts point out that rehearing petitions are almost never granted, with the last successful one occurring in 1965, as noted by Georgetown Law professor Steve Vladeck. This episode marks another defeat for those seeking to erode hard-won civil rights.