President Donald Trump said he will ask the Supreme Court to rehear the case over his executive order aimed at sharply restricting birthright citizenship. The move is a long-shot challenge to a ruling that said babies born in the United States are automatically citizens under the Fourteenth Amendment.
The court ruled on June 30 that the Citizenship Clause protects those births, rejecting Trump’s order that would have blocked citizenship documents for some children of immigrants. Trump signed the order on Jan. 20, 2025, and it targeted babies born to parents who had immigrated illegally or were undocumented workers.
What the Supreme Court already decided
The majority opinion rejected the effort to undo birthright citizenship for many immigrant families. According to www.cnbc.com, the Supreme Court has not agreed to rehear a ruling in a case already argued since 1965.
| Issue | Trump’s Order | Supreme Court Ruling |
|---|---|---|
| Birthright citizenship | Would deny citizenship documents to some babies born in the U.S. | Held that babies born in the U.S. are automatically citizens |
| Legal basis | Targeted children of certain immigrant parents | Relied on the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause |
Trump made the latest push in a Truth Social post on Wednesday. He claimed signs and billboards were being placed along the Southern Border and in Mexico advertising “BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP” with “Deliveries starting at $4000.”
He also said similar signs were appearing across the country and argued that “Billions of Dollars will be illegally made by this SCAM, with Citizenship going to anyone willing to pay.” Trump added, “AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP IS NOT FOR SALE!”
A rare request with slim odds
Trump said he would ask for “a Rehearing by the United States Supreme Court, IMMEDIATELY,” and called the ruling “wrong.” He said the decision was a “miscarriage of justice” and warned that it would “destroy America” if the justices do not change it.
The request comes during a week in which Trump separately asked the court to reconsider its June 29 denial of his petition to hear his appeal of the civil case involving writer E. Jean Carroll. That case followed a New York federal court jury verdict finding him civilly liable for sexually abusing and defaming Carroll.
On Wednesday, a Manhattan District Court judge ordered that $5 million Trump had deposited with the court in 2023, plus nearly $800,000 in accrued interest, be distributed to Carroll despite his pending petition for reconsideration by the Supreme Court.
