The decision stalls Trump's initiative amidst ongoing disputes over immigration policies and constitutional rights.
**Judge Halts Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order as Legal Battle Continues**
**Judge Halts Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order as Legal Battle Continues**
A New Hampshire judge temporarily blocks President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship following a legal challenge from the ACLU.
The legal tussle over President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship for certain residents has taken a new turn as a New Hampshire judge has intervened to block the directive. This ruling comes in the wake of a class action lawsuit spearheaded by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of immigrant families and their newborns, claiming the executive order violates the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
The ruling arrives shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court imposed limitations on the issuance of universal injunctions by lower courts. However, the current situation allows for certain legal channels to challenge executive actions. The ACLU's legal challenge posits that Trump's initiative—aimed at denying citizenship to infants born to undocumented immigrants and foreign visitors—is unconstitutional and harmful.
In response, the Trump administration has indicated its intent to contest the judge's ruling. White House spokesman Harrison Fields labeled the decision "an obvious and unlawful attempt" to undermine the Supreme Court's directive concerning federal injunctions. He expressed the administration's determination to resist the actions of judges they consider as overstepping judicial boundaries.
The judge's ruling has temporarily halted an order that was a significant agenda item for Trump since the commencement of his term. The administration has seven days to file an appeal. Previously, nationwide injunctions had been issued by different courts as they deliberated on the legality of Trump's birthright citizenship order, culminating in a Supreme Court ruling that validated the government's stance in a tightly contested 6-3 vote, albeit without pronouncing on the order's constitutionality. The Trump administration had anticipated this rule would take effect on July 27, but the current court scrutiny leaves its future uncertain.
The ruling arrives shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court imposed limitations on the issuance of universal injunctions by lower courts. However, the current situation allows for certain legal channels to challenge executive actions. The ACLU's legal challenge posits that Trump's initiative—aimed at denying citizenship to infants born to undocumented immigrants and foreign visitors—is unconstitutional and harmful.
In response, the Trump administration has indicated its intent to contest the judge's ruling. White House spokesman Harrison Fields labeled the decision "an obvious and unlawful attempt" to undermine the Supreme Court's directive concerning federal injunctions. He expressed the administration's determination to resist the actions of judges they consider as overstepping judicial boundaries.
The judge's ruling has temporarily halted an order that was a significant agenda item for Trump since the commencement of his term. The administration has seven days to file an appeal. Previously, nationwide injunctions had been issued by different courts as they deliberated on the legality of Trump's birthright citizenship order, culminating in a Supreme Court ruling that validated the government's stance in a tightly contested 6-3 vote, albeit without pronouncing on the order's constitutionality. The Trump administration had anticipated this rule would take effect on July 27, but the current court scrutiny leaves its future uncertain.
