Deadline passes for Trump to ask Supreme Court to reconsider birthright citizenship ruling

WASHINGTON (AP) — The deadline for the Trump administration to make the request expired Tuesday. Supreme Court The president’s rejection of birthright citizenship restrictions will be reconsidered with no new case on file.

President Donald Trump promised to seek a rehearing soon after his take on the signature issue took its toll on him, but by Tuesday the 25-day period had expired with no new activity.

The petition will face long challenges: The court did not agree to a retrial of a case that has been debated for more than 50 years.

of the supreme court 6-3 decision He rescinded Trump’s executive order in June that blocked automatic citizenship for children born in the United States whose parents are in the United States illegally or temporarily.

The Republican president’s restrictions on birthright citizenship were blocked by many lower courts before reaching the justices and have not taken effect anywhere in the United States.

Still, three justices (Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas) would support them. The fourth judge, Brett Kavanaugh, found that the Constitution would not block the president’s plan, although he found it violated federal law.

A week after the decision was announced, Trump said in a social media post that he would “IMMEDIATELY request a hearing from the US Supreme Court.”

The White House and the Justice Department did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.

Aaron-Andrew Bruhl, a law professor at William & Mary Law School, said the last time the Supreme Court granted any petition to change an opinion was 1965, and the last time it reversed a decision was nearly a decade ago, in a 1956 case.

The bar for granting a hearing petition is high. Bruhl said at least one judge who ruled against Trump should change his mind, and a majority of the court should agree.