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Trump Wants Rehearing of Birthright Citizenship Decision

Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Jul 9, 2026

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will immediately request a rehearing from the U.S. Supreme Court after it struck down his executive order restricting birthright citizenship last week. Trump called that ruling a "miscarriage of justice." The 6-3 decision, issued on June 30, held that children born in the U.S. and subject to its jurisdiction are citizens at birth under the Constitution. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that Trump's order could not be reconciled with the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment. According to The Hill, legal experts note such rehearing requests are rarely granted — the court has not agreed to rehear an argued case since 1965 — so the petition is more likely to affect the timing of the case's return to lower courts than to change the outcome.