Posted on 01/23/2025 10:42:00 AM PST by bitt
A federal judge in Seattle blocked, temporarily, President Donald Trump’s attempt to rescind birthright citizenship — the idea spelled out in the Constitution that every person born in the United States is an American citizen.
Senior U.S. District Judge John Coughenour on Thursday was blistering in his criticism of Trump’s action as he granted a temporary restraining order that blocks Trump’s executive order from taking effect nationwide.
“I’ve been on the bench for over four decades, I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one is. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order,” Coughenour, an appointee of Ronald Reagan, said from the bench. “There are other times in world history where we look back and people of goodwill can say where were the judges, where were the lawyers?”
Coughenour interrupted before Brett Shumate, a Justice Department attorney, could even complete his first sentence.
“In your opinion Is this executive order constitutional?” he asked.
Shumate said “it absolutely is.”
“Frankly, I have difficulty understanding how a member of the Bar could state unequivocally that this is a constitutional order,” Coughenour said. “It just boggles my mind.”
The executive order will remain blocked for at least 14 days while lawsuits in Washington and elsewhere over Trump’s action proceed.
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown sued Trump and his administration Tuesday, the day after the president issued his executive order ending birthright citizenship. Brown, at a news conference Tuesday, called the order an “unconstitutional, un-American and cruel … attempt to redefine what it means to be an American.”
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Good. First step in bringing this up to the Supreme Court. Hopefully before the midterm elections.
The slow roll to the Supreme Court has started.
As predictable as the sunrise.
Separation of Powers.
No one in the Judicial Branch can tell the Chief Executive how to run the Executive Branch.
This is a slam dunk.
We may need a Constitutional Amendment to solve this and a few impeachments.................
SO the Judge refused to here the defense’s arguments. Literally legal malfeasance from the bench. Time for the DOJ to look into him.
This judge is not high enough on the ladder to be final authority. Reagan must be rolling in his grave.
Retarded commie piggy. Nobody didn’t see this coming. “...AND SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION THEREOF...” The clown is either illiterate or just a moron.
Amazing how one biased judge can affect the entire nation.
Born of American citizens, not illegals coming here to dump their kid who becomes a citizen. That judge should go and take a civics 101 class.
Ok just send the whole family back and the little rats can have dual citizenship...
the appeal goes to the 9th Circus.
Ways around these things...Plus tell the Judges in question it is your ruling you try and enforce it!
They won’t do it for unconstitutional fire arms law but very willing to do it for this.
Communists’ judges for sure.
I don’t know why Washington is entitled to the privileges of being a state.
Judges should not have that kind of unlimited power.
Too many rogue judges use it to legislate from the bench.
He’s been on the bench for four decades.
Long enough, time to retire.
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