By Adam Liptak | The New York Times
The Obama administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to take the unusual step of reconsidering a major immigration decision once a full nine-member court can hear the case.
Last month, the court deadlocked in the case, a challenge to President Obama’s plan to spare millions of unauthorized immigrants from deportation and to allow them to work lawfully in the United States. That left in place an appeals court ruling that had blocked the program.