Tue Jan 28 11:30:00 UTC 2025: ## Judge Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order, Citing Unconstitutionality
**Seattle, WA** – A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking President Trump’s executive order attempting to revoke birthright citizenship, declaring the order “blatantly unconstitutional.” Judge John C. Coughenour, presiding over the case in Seattle’s Federal District Court, stated that the clarity of the issue made this case unprecedented in his four-decade career.
The order echoes a similar attempt in 1995, when a proposed bill aimed to deny automatic citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants. At that time, Walter Dellinger, then head of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, unequivocally declared such a bill “unquestionably unconstitutional,” arguing that altering birthright citizenship would require a constitutional amendment and would fundamentally contradict American values established during the Civil War and enshrined in the 14th Amendment.
The 14th Amendment, scholars argue, overturned the 1857 Dred Scott decision which denied citizenship to Black people. President Trump’s recent executive order, therefore, is seen by many legal experts as a direct challenge to this cornerstone of American citizenship law and a betrayal of the nation’s history. The ongoing legal battle highlights the deep-seated controversy surrounding birthright citizenship and its fundamental role in American identity.
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