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Posted on 07/10/2025 8:31:47 AM PDT by Signalman
Despite a recent ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that restricts the ability of lower court judges to block President Donald Trump’s policies using nationwide injunctions, a federal judge ruled on Thursday to bar the administration from enforcing an executive order placing limits on birthright citizenship.
U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante from Concord, New Hampshire, reached his decision after advocates for immigrant rights asked him for class action status in a lawsuit they filed to represent any babies who would have their citizenship status jeopardized by the president’s order.
He ruled the plaintiffs could move forward as a class, which allowed him to slap a new judicial order on the implementation of the president’s order, blocking it nationally. Laplante said the choice to issue the injunction was “not a close call,” pointing out that if Trump’s order were allowed to take effect, it would potentially deprive children of their U.S. citizenship.
“That’s irreparable harm, citizenship alone,” he explained, according to Reuters. “It is the greatest privilege that exists in the world.”
Judge Laplante said he would put a stay on the ruling for a few days to allow the administration to file an appeal. He said he would issue a written decision by the end of the day.
The ACLU, partnered with a number of other individuals and groups, filed the lawsuit mere hours after SCOTUS ruled 6-3 on June 27 to limit nationwide injunctions.
With that decision, the policy would go into full effect on July 27.
“Looking to seize upon an exception in the Supreme Court’s ruling, the lawyers for the plaintiffs argued that the decision allows judges to continue to block Trump policies on a nationwide basis in class action lawsuits,” the report said. “The three judges who issued nationwide injunctions found that Trump’s directive likely violates citizenship language in the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment. The amendment states that 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.'”
The DOJ has made the case that President Trump’s order is in full compliance with the Constitution and has asked the judge to determine that the plaintiffs cannot sue as a whole class.
The ruling from SCOTUS did not engage with the legal merits of the order issued by the administration. The order gives directions for federal agencies not to recognize the citizenship of babies who do not have at least one parent who is an actual American citizen or a lawful permanent resident.
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A Bush judge. They can be just as bad as any appointed by Obumble or Buydung.
Another Feral, Anti-Trump “Dipstick judge” is out of his lane. This boy doesn’t have the authority to do this. He needs to go impress his girlfriends somewhere else.
“It is the greatest privilege that exists in the world.”
Yeah.
That’s why you don’t allow illegal aliens to decide who gets that privilege simply by dumping their kid 1 foot inside the fence.
More judicial tyranny. It’s the new Lawfare.
Just ignore them, what can this or any Judge do?
And then...rule on the citizenship of the placenta.
Apparently, the judge can’t read English!
Given the recent Supreme Court ruling, any ruling like this needs to be ignored.
a vacuous, patently unlawful “order” that isn’t worth using as toilet paper
it is ‘orders’ like this that have bred such widespread contempt for the law and the judiciary
and THAT is a very serious problem (leaving the false construct of “birthright citizenship” completely aside)
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The funny thing is all those in the class will have to register as being born of temporary visitors or illegals. Something ICE might find handy.
“ District Judge makes himself King of America “
Time to rein-in the black robes.
One of the plaintiffs is a pregnant woman.
Suddenly the unborn are people WITH rights.
Trump should immediately make a statement that a NH judge has decided the unborn are people with rights. He should then sign an EO disallowing abortions nationwide.
So there's our "existential threat to democracy itself", and it ain't Donald Trump.
Roberts needs to get off his ass and smack these clowns down. If he doesn’t the Republic will falter
Depending on the nature of the class, this still is better than a bunch of individual lawsuits because an adverse decision against the class may prevent other actions. You get one case, but you don’t get fifty where the government has to win every single one.
Trump should use the injunction a toilet paper
The funny thing is all those in the class will have to register as being born of temporary visitors or illegals. Something ICE might find handy.
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Mass Action by ICE using the list on the Class Action.
Sounds like a plan
I don’t know about that. Class action status was granted for the babies only, not the parents. I would think they have standing.
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