Trump's Birthright Citizenship Gambit: A Constitutional Conundrum Donald Trump's decision to seek a rehearing from the US Supreme Court on his birthright citizenship policy is a last ditch effort to salvage his beleaguered immigration agenda.
The president's move comes after a 6 3 ruling against him, which dealt a significant blow to his attempts to restrict automatic citizenship for individuals born in the US.
The Supreme Court's rejection of Trump's order was not unexpected, given the constitutional language that confers citizenship on those "subject to the jurisdiction thereof.