Trump Seeks Supreme Court Rehearing on 2 Defeats, Including $5 Million Carroll Judgment
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Updated · Semafor · Jul 9
Trump Seeks Supreme Court Rehearing on 2 Defeats, Including $5 Million Carroll Judgment
3 articles · Updated · Semafor · Jul 9
Summary
Trump and his lawyers moved to reopen two recent Supreme Court losses: the birthright citizenship ruling and the $5 million E. Jean Carroll judgment the justices declined to review last month.
1965 was the last time the court granted rehearing in an argued case, legal experts said, making the birthright citizenship request especially unlikely after full briefing, argument and a merits decision.
The Carroll petition faces a different hurdle because it asks the court to revisit a denial of certiorari; Trump's lawyers say a separate appeal will raise presidential immunity issues in related litigation.
Law professors said rehearing requests are not unusual, but success is extraordinarily rare in either posture and a sitting president publicly treating rehearing as a realistic path to reversal is what stands out.