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A federal judge blocks Trump’s ‘blatantly unconstitutional’ executive order redefining birthright citizenship

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A federal judge said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship was “blatantly unconstitutional” and issued a temporary restraining order to block it. The Judge granted the request by the Washington Attorney General and three other states for an emergency order halting implementation of the policy for the next 14 days while there are more briefings in the legal challenge.

“I have been on the bench for over four decades. I can’t remember another case whether the question presented was as clear.”

The Judge rhetorically asked, “Where were the lawyers” when this executive order was signed. He further states that “it boggles my mind” that a member of the bar would claim this executive order was constitutional. He asked the Attorney General whether he thought the executive order was constitutional and when he answered in the affirmative the Judge said, he did not understand how any member of the bar could believe that, as reported by CNN. He added, “It just boggles my mind.”

The Trump administration is arguing that that clause “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” allows the president to exclude the children of undocumented immigrants and even children whose parents are lawfully present but lack permanent legal status. The argument doesn’t make sense since people who are in the United States without status are still subject to the jurisdiction thereof. They can be requested and charged with crimes. The only people that would fall into this category would be diplomats who enjoy diplomatic immunity while in the United States, which is why children of diplomats that are born in the United States do not get citizenship unless they relinquish their diplomatic immunity.

This was one of five lawsuits filed already by 22 states only three days into Trump’s second term as president. Trump made a statement from the Whitehouse that they would be challenging today’s decision blocking his executive order.

Read the Judge’s full decision. Read more about this case from CNN or the AP.

Several Bishops from the Catholic church have spoken out against Trump’s executive order. Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the USCCB stated:

Later in the letter, he added that “our prayer is one of hope that, as a Nation blessed with many gifts, our actions demonstrate a genuine care for our most vulnerable sisters and brothers, including the unborn, the poor, the elderly and infirm, and migrants and refugees.” According to a Raw Story article.

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