A federal judge on July 10 barred the Trump administration from enforcing the president’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship, coming weeks after the Supreme Court restricted the capacity of judges to issue nationwide injunctions.
District Judge Joseph Laplante of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire announced his decision after an hour-long hearing and said a written order will follow. The order will include a seven-day stay to allow for appeal, he said.
“That’s irreparable harm, citizenship alone,” he said in court, according to reporters in the courtroom, referring to U.S. citizenship. “It is the greatest privilege that exists in the world.”…
Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order After Supreme Court Ruling
