Earlier today, a US federal district judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking implementation of Donald Trump's executive order denying

A federal judge said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship was “blatantly unconstitutional” and issued a temporary restraining order to block it.

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.

Several states suing Donald Trump over his executive order ending birthright citizenship urged a judge to issue a preliminary injunction halting it from taking effect. The post ‘Egregiously illegal actions of the President’: States call Trump’s birthright citizenship order a ‘modern version of Dred Scott’ as they seek court-ordered injunction first appeared on Law & Crime.

U.S. District Judge John Coughenour of Seattle, who blocked the order on Thursday, blasted it as “blatantly unconstitutional.”

A federal judge in Seattle issued a blistering rebuke to block President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship. A lawsuit filed Tuesday in the Western District of Washington came after Trump signed an executive order that claimed a baby born in America must have at least one parent who is either a citizen or a lawful permanent resident to automatically qualify

U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour ruled in the case brought by the states of Oregon, Washington, Arizona and Illinois, which argue the 14th Amendment and Supreme Court case law have cemented birthright citizenship.

A federal judge in Seattle has signed a temporary restraining order blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship.

A Seattle judge issued a 14-day restraining order in response to a lawsuit from states calling President Donald Trump’s effort unconstitutional.

A Seattle federal judge Thursday signed a temporary restraining order that for now blocks President Donald Trump's executive order that attempts to end the constitutional right to birthright citizenship.

The order has already become the subject of five lawsuits by civil rights groups and Democratic attorneys general from 22 states.

Judge John Coughenour, a Ronald Reagan appointee who sits in Seattle ... The Democratic-led states are seeking a temporary restraining order, as they argue that Trump’s executive order is ...