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US Judge Reaffirms Nationwide Injunction Blocking Trump Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship
In a written ruling, U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin said his earlier nationwide injunction was the only way to provide complete relief to a coalition of states that brought the lawsuit before him, rejecting the Trump administration's argument that a narrower ruling was warranted because of a June decision from the U.S. Supreme Court.
"States would suffer the same irreparable harms under a geographically-limited injunction as they would without an injunction ...
The phrase "subject to the jurisdiction" is key to the Supreme Court's forthcoming decision, and if the court follows the ...
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In 1898, in the landmark case of U.S. v Wong Kim Ark, the Supreme Court reaffirmed the birthright citizenship guarantee, ...
The History Behind the Birthright Citizenship Battle. The 14th Amendment, which declared that African-Americans were citizens, turned 150 earlier this month.
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order denying what's called birthright citizenship to children born in the U.S. to parents here without legal status. More ...
After President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship, California leaders explain the state's unique history with the 14th Amendment.
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