Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul's lawsuit claims President Donald Trump's executive order is unconstitutional.
The federal judge who temporarily blocked President Donald Trump 's executive order denying U.S. citizenship to the children of parents living in the county illegally is a "tough" legal expert who made lawyers appearing before him "nervous," according to an attorney and former colleague.
U.S. District Judge John Coughenour of Seattle, who blocked the order on Thursday, blasted it as “blatantly 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.
A federal court issued a temporary restraining order against a presidential order challenging birthright citizenship.
A federal judge in Washington has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at modifying birthright citizenship.
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.
The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution grants full citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof."
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. U.S. District Judge John Coughenour on Thursday heard a request made by four Democratic-led states to issue a temporary restraining order against the executive order signed by Trump that purports to limit birthright citizenship -- long guaranteed by the 14th Amendment -- to people who have at least one parent who is a United States citizen or permanent resident.
The order has already become the subject of five lawsuits by civil rights groups and Democratic attorneys general from 22 states.