Source: ABC News
“A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday signed a temporary restraining order blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship. U.S. District Judge John Coughenour heard a request by four Democratic-led states to issue a temporary restraining order against the executive order signed by Trump that purports to limit birthright citizenship — long guaranteed by the 14th Amendment — to people who have at least one parent who is a United States citizen or permanent resident. ‘I have been on the bench for over four decades,’ said Judge Coughenour, who was nominated to the bench by President Ronald Reagan in 1981. ‘I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as it is here. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order.'” (01/23/25)