Trump asks Supreme Court to rehear birthright citizenship

President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he will ask the Supreme Court to rehear its recent ruling on birthright citizenship, calling the decision a "miscarriage of justice." The court's 6-3 ruling on June 30 invalidated an executive order Trump signed on January 20, 2025, which sought to deny automatic citizenship to children born in the United States to undocumented immigrants or temporary visa holders.

In a series of posts on his Truth Social platform, Trump said his decision was prompted by seeing billboards along the southern border and in Mexico advertising "BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP." He claimed deliveries were being offered starting at $4,000. "Billions of Dollars will be illegally made by this SCAM, with Citizenship going to anyone willing to pay," Trump wrote. "AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP IS NOT FOR SALE! In fact, that is a crime, and therefore, the Supreme Courts ruling is wrong." He vowed to seek a rehearing "IMMEDIATELY."

Legal experts describe the president's request as a procedural long shot. The Supreme Court has not agreed to rehear a case it has already decided since 1965, and the last time it reversed itself after a rehearing was in the 1950s. Under the...