The president has moved the Supreme Court to reconsider its end-of-term ruling that the 14th Amendment grants birthright citizenship to nearly all persons born in U.S. territory (Trump v. Barbara). There is nearly zero chance that the Court will do that. Reportedly, it has been over half a century since the Court has agreed to rehear a case, and it has only once ever reversed its own ruling upon reconsideration.
On X, reacting to the president’s direction that prosecutors seek rehearing in Barbara, our Ed Whelan invokes Animal House, quipping: “Trump to DOJ: ‘I think this situation absolutely requires that a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part. We’re just the guys to do it.’”