The Iran strikes were not the only front consuming the president’s attention. Trump announced Wednesday that he would ask the Supreme Court for a rehearing on birthright citizenship — the constitutional principle that anyone born on U.S. soil is automatically an American citizen.
The Court recently rejected Trump’s efforts to restrict that right, a ruling the president denounced on Truth Social as “absolutely demencial.” “This injustice will destroy the United States if they don’t change their decision,” he wrote. Legal experts note that requests for rehearing must be filed within 25 days of a decision and are rarely granted.
Meanwhile, in a separate legal saga, a judge ordered that the $5 million judgment awarded to writer E. Jean Carroll be released to her. A Manhattan jury had awarded the multimillion-dollar judgment back in May 2023, but the funds had remained tied up through appeals. The order marks a significant moment in one of the most high-profile civil cases against a sitting president.
On the domestic political front, Democrats were growing frustrated with Graham Platner, a Senate candidate in Maine who was resisting pressure to drop out quickly. If Platner ends his bid, The New York Times reported, Maine Democrats face the daunting task of finding a new nominee in just weeks.
