The first judge to hear an appeal of the lawless Malignant Fascist's executive order odor ending birthright citizenship temporarily blocked the un-Constitutional action, delivering a sharp rebuke to the MF:
A Republican-appointed federal judge granted a request from Democratic attorneys general in Arizona, Illinois, Oregon and Washington to temporarily halt the implementation of President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to undocumented parents or parents who have lawful but temporary residency status.
The 14-day, nationwide temporary restraining order issued from the bench by Judge John C. Coughenour comes after the quartet of states filed a federal complaint Tuesday contending that the newly signed executive order flouts the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause — which automatically confers citizenship to those born in the United States — as well as federal immigration law.
Coughenour, an 84-year-old Reagan-appointee who held a hearing in Seattle today, said “I have been on the bench for over four decades. I can’t remember another case where the case presented is as clear as it is here …This is a blatantly unconstitutional order.”
“There are other times in world history where we look back and people of goodwill can say where were the judges, where were the lawyers?”
Originally set to take effect Feb. 19, Trump’s so-called “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship” executive order specifically targets the children of parents who are either “unlawfully present” or “temporary but lawful” citizens at the time of their birth.
Coughenour’s temporary ruling will prevent Trump’s executive order from going into effect for now as he weighs whether to issue a preliminary injunction that would block the order in the longer term... (our emphasis)
If there is still "justice" in this country, this clearly un-Constitutional, bigoted order will continue to be slapped down, at least until it gets to the Republican Supreme Court, when we will get to see if Coughenour's clarity is shared by his fellow robed Republicans.
(Image: Judge Coughenour and the convicted felon's Fulton County, GA, mugshot / via timesnownews.com)
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