Judge John Coughenour calls the executive order “blatantly unconstitutional” before issuing a temporary restraining order

U.S. District Court Judge John Coughenour’s ruling in the case brought by Washington and three other states is the first in what is sure to be a long legal fight over the order’s constitutionality.

Four Democratic-led states will urge a federal judge in Seattle on Thursday to block U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing the Republican's executive order curtailing the right to automatic birthright citizenship in the United States.

SEATTLE: A federal judge in Seattle has blocked an executive order by President Donald Trump aimed at restricting automatic birthright citizenship in the United States, describing it as

Two dozen Democratic-led states and cities are challenging President Donald Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship in court, a major constitutional challenge to one of the White House’s signature policies.

Democratic-led states and civil rights groups filed a slew of lawsuits challenging U.S. President Donald Trump's bid to roll back birthright citizenship on Tuesday in an early bid by his opponents to block his agenda in court.

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Attorneys general from 22 states have sued to block President Donald Trump’s move to end a century-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents’ status.

US President Donald Trump has been sued by a coalition of Democratic-leaning states and civil rights groups over his plan to end birthright citizenship in the United States.

Judge John Coughenour was blistering in his criticism of President Donald Trump's order to end birthright citizenship, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional."

SEATTLE: President Donald Trump's executive order denying US citizenship to the children of parents living in the country illegally faced the first of what will be many legal tests on Thursday. It didn't fare well.

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