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From the Seattle Times: A federal judge in Seattle blocked, temporarily, President Donald Trump’s attempt to rescind birthright citizenship — the idea spelled out in the Constitution that every person born in the United States is an American citizen.
Senior U.S. District Judge John Coughenour on Thursday was blistering in his criticism of Trump’s action as he granted a temporary restraining order that blocks Trump’s executive order from taking effect nationwide.
“I’ve been on the bench for over four decades, I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one is. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order,” Coughenour, an appointee of Ronald Reagan, said from the bench. “There are other times in world history where we look back and people of goodwill can say where were the judges, where were the lawyers?”
Coughenour interrupted before Brett Shumate, a Justice Department attorney could even complete his first sentence.
“In your opinion Is this executive order constitutional?” he asked.
Shumate said “it absolutely is.”
“Frankly I have difficulty understanding how a member of the Bar could state unequivocally that this is a constitutional order,” Coughenour said. “It just boggles my mind.”
READ MORE from the Seattle Times.
The ACLU and 22 states filed lawsuits on Tuesday, in an attempt to stop Trump’s birthright citizenship order. Washington Attorney General Nick Brown, who was involved in one of the lawsuits with 3 other states, claimed the order was an “unconstitutional, un-American and cruel … attempt to redefine what it means to be an American.”
Speaking on Fox News, law professor Jonthan Turley noted that the Trump administration has invited a legal showdown over the matter, in the hopes of getting it to the Supreme Court.
BREAKING: A federal judge in Seattle has temporarily blocked President Trump’s attempt to rescind birthright citizenship.https://t.co/Ldd80SCInz
— The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) January 23, 2025
Trump signed the order Monday night, after his inauguration.
🚨 President Trump signs an Executive Order clarifying the definition of birthright citizenship under the 14th amendment pic.twitter.com/Tb50A0e2is
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) January 21, 2025
🚨BREAKING: Senior U.S. District Judge temporarily blocks President Trump’s EO on birthright citizenship for 14 days
“This is a blatantly unconstitutional order,” says John Coughenour, a Reagan appointee. pic.twitter.com/fAwbovPS33
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) January 23, 2025
LAWSUITS BEGIN: The ACLU and 22 states sue in attempt to stop Trump’s birthright citizenship order
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