A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship from taking effect.
Federal District Judge John Cogner, a President Reagan appointee, called the order “patently unconstitutional.” According to to Reuters.
“It’s hard for me to understand how a lawyer could say that that’s a constitutional mandate,” Coughner said. According to Compliant with Washington state standards. “It confuses my mind.”
Washington state was originally used along with Oregon, Arizona, and Illinois. sued The Trump administration on Tuesday. some other Democratic state attorneys general and liberal groups also filed their own lawsuits.
BREAKING: A federal judge temporarily blocks the Birthright Citizenship EO from taking effect. “I’ve been on the bench for more than 40 years, and I can’t remember another case in which such a clear question was posed. This is a clearly unconstitutional order.” – Judge Coffner
— Daniel Barnes (@dnlbrns) January 23, 2025
On his first day in office, President Trump issued an order to “protect the meaning and values of American citizenship.”
“[T]”The 14th Amendment has never been interpreted to universally extend citizenship to all persons born in the United States,” President Trump said. order state. “The 14th Amendment has always excluded from birthright citizenship those born in the United States but not ‘subject to its jurisdiction.’”
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