President Donald Trump praised the U.S. Supreme Court in June for a "monumental victory" when it rolled back nationwide injunctions against his executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship.
Three months later, after two federal courts universally blocked the order again on different grounds, Trump is asking the justices for a definitive judgment on his reinterpretation of more than a century of settled legal precedent.
In filings, reviewed by ABC News Sunday but not yet on the Supreme Court's public docket, Solicitor General John Sauer urges the justices to give expedited consideration to Trump's appeal and a decision by next summer.
"The government has a compelling interest in ensuring that American citizenship—the privilege that allows us to choose our political leaders—is granted only to those who are lawfully entitled to it," Sauer wrote in a petition for writ of certiorari.
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