Another federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship.
The judge said the order is likely unconstitutional and “contradicts our nation’s 250-year history of birthright citizenship.”
The nationwide preliminary injunction by U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman is a landmark ruling against Trump’s Day 1 order, which was quickly met with legal challenges and blocked days later by a separate judge.
“The order conflicts with the plain language of the 14th Amendment, violates 125 years of binding Supreme Court precedent and contradicts our nation’s 250-year history of birthright citizenship,” Boardman said during a hearing on Wednesday.
“No court in the country has ever upheld the president’s interpretation,” she said. “This court will not be the first.”
The case was brought in Maryland by five pregnant women whose babies could be affected by Trump’s order and two immigrant rights groups.
“The government will not be harmed by a preliminary injunction that prevents it from implementing an executive order that could be considered unconstitutional,” she said./CNN
