Trump Seeks Supreme Court Review After Birthright Citizenship Ruling

Former President Donald Trump declared his intention to request the Supreme Court to revisit its ruling on birthright citizenship after the court dismissed his efforts to restrict the long-established constitutional provision. He described the court's decision as "crazy."

Following the Supreme Court's rejection last month of Trump's attempt to impose limits on birthright citizenship, the Republican leader posted on his platform "Truth Social" on Wednesday, stating, "The Supreme Court ruling is wrong. I will immediately ask the U.S. Supreme Court for a reconsideration," adding, "This judicial failure will destroy America if they do not reverse their crazy decision."

Such petitions to the Supreme Court must typically be filed within 25 days of the court's decision and are rarely accepted.

On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Trump's bid to curtail the right to citizenship acquired by birth in the United States.

The court invalidated the executive order issued by Trump that prohibited granting birthright citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants and certain temporary foreign visitors, reaffirming the established constitutional principle that nearly all children born on U.S. soil are citizens.

This ruling dealt a significant blow to Trump's longstanding policy aimed at preventing children born to parents who are "undocumented immigrants" or temporary foreign residents from automatically acquiring U.S. citizenship.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., in the majority opinion, stated that the executive order issued by President Trump violated the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution.

He also affirmed that children born in the United States to parents who are undocumented immigrants or temporary residents are citizens at birth.

It is worth noting that Trump had signed an executive order on the first day of his second term aiming to deny automatic citizenship to children born to parents residing illegally in the United States or holding temporary visas. However, lower courts halted the enforcement of this order, citing constitutional grounds.