Seattle Judge Defies President Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order

A federal judge in Seattle blocked President Donald Trump’s order denying birthright citizenship to children of non-citizens.

He’s calling it “blatantly unconstitutional.” (He needs to re-read the 14th Amendment)

The ruling is the first wrinkle for President Trump’s second-term immigration agenda.

Trump vowed to appeal.

He’s going to iron out that crease in no time.

Does this judge realize what era we’re now living in?

Who wants to tell him?

🚨BREAKING: Senior U.S. District Judge temporarily blocks President Trump's EO on birthright citizenship for 14 days

"This is a blatantly unconstitutional order," says John Coughenour, a Reagan appointee. pic.twitter.com/fAwbovPS33

— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) January 23, 2025

Reuters reports:

A federal judge blocked Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday from implementing the Republican president’s executive order curtailing the right to automatic birthright citizenship in the United States, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional.”
Seattle-based U.S. District Judge John Coughenour issued a temporary restraining order, opens new tab at the urging of four Democratic-led states – Washington, Arizona, Illinois and Oregon – preventing the administration from enforcing the order. Trump had signed the order on Monday, his first day back in office.

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.

“Obviously we’ll appeal,” Trump said of Coughenour’s ruling.
Trump’s executive order had directed U.S. agencies to refuse to recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States if neither their mother nor father is a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident.

“I am having trouble understanding how a member of the bar could state unequivocally that this order is constitutional,” the judge told a U.S. Justice Department lawyer defending Trump’s order. “It just boggles my mind.”

The states argued that Trump’s order violated the right enshrined in the citizenship clause of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment that provides that anyone born in the United States is a citizen.
“I’ve been on the bench for over four decades. I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order,” Coughenour said of Trump’s policy.

Coughenour’s order, announced following a short hearing in a packed courtroom with other judges watching, prevents Trump’s policy from being enforced nationwide for 14 days while the judge considers whether to issue a long-lasting preliminary injunction. He will hear arguments over whether to do so on Feb. 6.

The people are educated about the 14th Amendment…

John Coughenour is a foreign agent of the bar association FRAUD posing as a judge. Tell him to stuff his ruling up his ass pic.twitter.com/be1WhreUO0

— Nomad1981 (@1981Nomad) January 23, 2025

For anyone who doesn't understand the 14th amendment, IT DOES NOT GRANT foreigners or illegal aliens birthright citizenship. So people who think illegal aliens who have babies on America soil will automatically become citizens is false.

This will go to the SCOTUS and be upheld pic.twitter.com/kSAQ7lj7cE

— Paratrooper Brady™️ 🇺🇲 (@82ndairborneBT) January 23, 2025

This birthright topic also exposes the H-1B scammers:

Just want to thank the H-1B scammers who are melting down about Trump removing birthright.

We've been trying for weeks to convince the tech bros that this is not about jobs, it's a loophole to scam our immigration system and skip the line and you just proved us right. pic.twitter.com/f4z97ZGIgh

— Aesthetica (@Anc_Aesthetics) January 22, 2025