Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul's lawsuit claims President Donald Trump's executive order is unconstitutional.
The judge, an appointee of Republican former President Ronald Reagan, dealt the first legal setback to the hardline policies on immigration that are a centerpiece of Trump's second term as president.
U.S. District Judge John Coughenour of Seattle, who blocked the order on Thursday, blasted it as “blatantly unconstitutional.”
A federal judge in Washington has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at modifying birthright citizenship.
A federal court issued a temporary restraining order against a presidential order challenging birthright citizenship.
The order has already become the subject of five lawsuits by civil rights groups and Democratic attorneys general from 22 states.
A Seattle-based federal judge granted a request from the Washington Attorney General's Office for a temporary restraining order to delay an executive order that could reinterpret the rules of birthright citizenship issued by President Donald Trump.
A Seattle judge issued a 14-day restraining order in response to a lawsuit from states calling President Donald Trump’s effort unconstitutional.
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship. On Thursday, Judge John Coughenour granted the request petitioned
A federal judge in Seattle has signed a temporary restraining order blocking President Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship.