Trump says he will ask Supreme Court to rehear birthright citizenship case
Trump says the justices should revisit a ruling that preserved automatic citizenship for children born in the United States, a case he calls a miscarriage of justice.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced he will petition the U.S. Supreme Court to rehear the birthright citizenship case, following the court's 6-3 rejection of his executive order last week.
- Trump pointed to 'signs and billboards' at the U.S. border with Mexico advertising deliveries for $4,000, labeling the practice a 'SCAM' that illegally grants citizenship to babies born to foreign nationals.
- Separately, Governor Greg Abbott ordered the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to investigate Mission Regional Medical Center on Tuesday, alleging the hospital targets foreign travelers for 'birth tourism' through advertising.
- Legal experts note the Supreme Court rarely grants rehearings, as such requests require a majority of justices from the original decision to support the request under Court rules.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson expressed support for legislative efforts to curtail birthright citizenship, though constitutional scholars note prohibiting the policy would likely require amending the Constitution.
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Kline Says Trump’s Bid to Rehear Birthright Citizenship Case Faces Long Odds, Suggests Congress Holds the Stronger Path
Phill Kline, former Kansas Attorney General and Liberty University law professor, said President Donald Trump's plan to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to rehear its recent birthright citizenship decision is unlikely to succeed, arguing that the legal standard for reconsideration has not been met despite new reports of hospitals and organizations openly marketing birth tourism following the ruling.
Donald Trump made an unusual request to the Supreme Court to resume the case on citizenship by birth. The application must be filed within a limited time after the ruling. He knows what the president requested and what implications it would have for U.S. immigration policy.
After posters at hospitals, Trump calls for a renegotiation of birthright citizenship – but experts consider it hopeless.
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