US Judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order, calls it 'blatantly unconstitutional'
A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from implementing an executive order curtailing the right to automatic birthright citizenship in the United States, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional."
U.S. District Judge John Coughenour at the urging of four Democratic-led states issued a temporary restraining order preventing the administration from enforcing the order, which the Republican president signed on Monday during his first day in office.
"This is blatantly unconstitutional order," the judge told a lawyer with the U.S. Justice Department defending Trump's order.
The order has prompted five lawsuits from civil rights organizations and Democratic attorneys general representing 22 states, who describe it as a blatant breach of the U.S. Constitution.
A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from implementing an executive order curtailing the right to automatic birthright citizenship in the United States, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional."
U.S. District Judge John Coughenour at the urging of four Democratic-led states issued a temporary restraining order preventing the administration from enforcing the order, which the Republican president signed on Monday during his first day in office.
"This is blatantly unconstitutional order," the judge told a lawyer with the U.S. Justice Department defending Trump's order.
The order has prompted five lawsuits from civil rights organizations and Democratic attorneys general representing 22 states, who describe it as a blatant breach of the U.S. Constitution.