A U.S. judge on Jan. 23 blocked President Donald Trump’s order limiting birthright citizenship.
U.S. District Judge John Coughenour at the end of a hearing in Seattle issued a temporary restraining order that prohibits the Trump administration, at least for now, from enforcing the order, which Trump signed hours after taking office on Monday.
“This is blatantly unconstitutional order,” Coughenour told a lawyer with the U.S. Justice Department during the hearing.
The ruling was made in a case brought by the attorneys general of Arizona, Illinois, Oregon, and Washington state. It was one of several lawsuits lodged against the executive order….