Trump Fails to File Supreme Court Rehearing Petition on Birthright Citizenship
The 25-day deadline to request a rehearing of the Supreme Court's June 30 decision rejecting Trump's birthright citizenship proposal passed without a filing.
President Donald Trump has not submitted a petition asking the Supreme Court to revisit its June 30 ruling that blocked his effort to restrict birthright citizenship. The deadline to file a rehearing request expired Monday night, and court records show no petition was filed.
Trump had earlier pledged on his social-media platform to seek an "immediate" rehearing, calling the decision a "miscarriage of justice" that would "destroy America" if left unchanged. Neither the White House nor the Justice Department responded to inquiries about the missed deadline.
The Court ruled 6-3 that the proposal violated 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." Under Trump’s plan, citizenship would have been limited to children born to at least one U.S. citizen or permanent-resident parent, excluding those born to temporary visitors or undocumented immigrants.
Legal scholars note that petitions for rehearing are rarely granted; the last successful request occurred in 1965, according to Georgetown Law professor Steve Vladeck.