The deprivation of US citizenship and an abrupt change of policy that was longstanding … that’s irreparable harm.” With those words, U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante drew a bold line in the sand, certifying a national class and issuing a preliminary injunction that prohibits President Trump’s executive order targeting birthright citizenship for children born on

The president’s executive order denies citizenship to individuals born to parents living in the U.S. illegally or temporarily.

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The Constitution is not something with which the government can play policy games.” Those are the words uttered this year by U.S. District Judge John Coughenour that ring so prophetically as the nation observes the newest court battle over birthright citizenship.

"Children born in the United States are protected by the Citizenship Clause." The post 'Children born on US soil are citizens': Mothers urge court to issue injunction and reject Trump admin arguments in birthright citizenship merits case first appeared on Law & Crime.

Last week, the Supreme Court failed to stand up strongly for a bedrock constitutional provision granting birthright citizenship in the14th Amendment passed after the Civil War. In March 2025, Immigrat