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9. Democracy Docket-Federal Judge Again Blocks Trump Bid to End Birthright Citizenship

I have read the executive order and was shocked that a lawyer may have had a part in drafting this order. There is a reason no court has upheld this attempt to gut the 14th Amendment

Federal Judge Again Blocks Trump Unconstitutional Bid to End Birthright Citizenship
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President Donald Trump signing executive orders. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
A federal judge Thursday again blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.

District Judge Joseph Laplante’s sweeping ruling is significant, as it comes just days after the Supreme Court curtailed federal judges’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions.

The order from Laplante, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, is not a nationwide injunction but applies to a nationwide class of children whose citizenship would be threatened by the president’s executive order.

The order, signed on Trump’s first day in office, attempts to strip citizenship from those born to parents living in the U.S. illegally or temporarily. It is a direct challenge to the 14th Amendment, which states that everyone born on U.S. territory is a citizen, regardless of their descent.

Laplante certified the class and blocked Trump’s order at the request of immigrant rights advocates who filed a class action lawsuit shortly after the Supreme Court’s ruling on nationwide injunction.

The class is slightly narrower than the one originally sought by plaintiffs, which included the children’s parents.