Today, a federal judge in Seattle issued a temporary restraining order (TRO), temporarily blocking the enforcement of President Trump’s executive order that significantly limited eligibility for birthright citizenship. The news of this TRO was widely expected among legal scholars, as the executive order appears to directly contradict the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which reads “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” As U.S. District Judge John Coughenour, who issued the TRO, noted, “I can’t remember another case where the case presented is as clear as it is here. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order.”
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