Trump says he will ask Supreme Court to reexamine birthright citizenship case

WASHINGTON, July 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to re-examine a lawsuit challenging his executive order restricting birthright citizenship - an unlikely attempt to reverse the court's rejection of one of his signature policies.

Last month, the court rejected Trump's attempt to restrict birthright citizenship in the United States, ruling that his directive violated the text of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which confers citizenship on those born in the United States who are "subject to the jurisdiction of the country."

The U.S. Supreme Court rarely responds to requests for reexamination of cases and has not done so, after rendering a decision in an already decided case, for decades.

The Republican president called the decision, written by conservative Supreme Court President John Roberts, a "miscarriage of justice."

"AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP IS NOT FOR SALE! In fact, this is a crime and therefore the Supreme Court's decision is wrong," Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social. "I will request a new hearing from the United States Supreme Court IMMEDIATELY."

Trump, who has repeatedly tested the limits of presidential power in domestic and foreign policy, signed an executive order last year on his first day back in office revoking birthright citizenship as part of a suite of measures to crack down on legal and illegal immigration.

(Reporting by Jasper Ward in Washington; additional reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston)

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