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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Trump wants a Supreme Court do-over on birthright citizenship. Here’s why it probably won’t happen

President Donald Trump says his administration will ask the Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling that affirmed automatic American citizenship for most babies born on U.S. soil, a decision that struck down his executive order seeking to unilaterally redefine the 148-year-old 14th Amendment.

Losing parties have the right to ask for a rehearing, but they are rarely ever granted. The court has only once ever reversed itself after reconsideration.

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