Supreme Court deadline passes for Trump to ask for birthright citizenship reconsideration
Summary
The deadline for the Department of Justice to ask the Supreme Court to reconsider President Donald Trump’s order on birthright citizenship has passed without any request. President Trump wanted to end the automatic right for people born in the U.S. to gain citizenship, known as jus soli.Key Facts
- The Supreme Court set a 25-day deadline for a petition to reconsider President Trump’s birthright citizenship order.
- The Department of Justice did not file any request before the deadline passed.
- President Trump’s order aimed to end jus soli, the policy that grants citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil.
- Jus soli means "right of the soil," referring to citizenship by birthplace.
- The Trump administration sought to change existing citizenship rules through the courts.
- No new legal challenge will be reviewed by the Supreme Court regarding this issue at this time.
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