Earlier today, a US federal district judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking implementation of Donald Trump's executive order denying birthright citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants and immigrants in the US on temporary visas:
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional" during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging the order.
U.S. District Judge John Coughenour repeatedly interrupted a Justice Department lawyer to ask how he could consider the order constitutional…..
Coughenour, a Ronald Reagan appointee, grilled the DOJ attorneys, saying the order "boggles the mind."
"This is a blatantly unconstitutional order," Coughenour told Shumate. The judge said he's been on the bench for more than four decades, and he couldn't remember seeing another case where the action challenged so clearly violated the constitution.
