Trump seeks do-overs at a Supreme Court that rarely grants them

Key Points:

• President Donald Trump and his legal team are seeking rare Supreme Court rehearings to reconsider recent decisions, including the denial of his appeal over a $5 million verdict in the E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse and defamation case and the invalidation of his birthright citizenship executive order.
• Supreme Court rehearings are extremely rare and typically granted only when significant new information emerges, not simply because a party disagrees with the ruling; the last rehearing of a decided case was in 1965.
• The court ruled 6-3 against Trump’s birthright citizenship order, with a majority citing the 14th Amendment and Justice Kavanaugh dissenting on constitutional grounds but agreeing the order violated federal immigration law.
• Trump’s legal team has asked lower courts to delay payment of the $5 million to Carroll while seeking Supreme Court reconsideration, but a federal judge ordered the funds released, and an appeals court denied Trump's request for an immediate stay.
• Legal experts note that Trump’s chances of success with these rehearing requests are slim, as the Supreme Court rarely reopens cases without new, vital information; past practice suggests his efforts are unlikely to change the outcomes.