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President Donald Trump fails to request Supreme Court rehearing on birthright citizenship ruling

The administration announced that the 25-day window to request a Supreme Court rehearing on the birthright citizenship ruling has closed without a new filing. This follows a 6-3 decision in June that struck down President Donald Trump's executive order, which would have denied automatic citizenship to children born in the United States to parents who were illegal immigrants or temporary visitors. President Donald Trump had previously vowed to seek a rehearing immediately, calling the court's decision a "miscarriage of justice." However, the high court has rarely granted such petitions, with the last time it agreed to rehear an argued case being in 1965. For the order to be reheard, at least one justice who ruled against the president's plan would have had to change their mind, and a majority of the court would have to agree. The majority opinion, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, held that the president's order was inconsistent with the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause. While President Donald Trump's order never took effect due to lower court blocks, the lack of a new filing indicates the administration's long-shot effort to reverse the ruling has fizzled out.

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