Federal judge blocks Trump’s latest order limiting birthright citizenship - NBC News
A federal judge has blocked President Trump's executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship, citing it as likely unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment. The White House has criticized the ruling, labeling the judge as an activist.
Why it matters
This ruling represents a significant legal check on executive power regarding constitutional interpretations of citizenship.
A federal judge reinforced the constitutional right to birthright citizenship Wednesday, blocking President Donald Trump’s latest executive order to limit it. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman wrote in a 35-page ruling that Trump’s August order seeking to limit which people born in the U.S. can become American citizens “is almost certainly unconstitutional.” Boardman cited the U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling that Trump could not go forward with a separate 2025 executive order that sought to limit citizenship at birth. “This Court must, once again, preliminarily enjoin enforcement of the President’s most recent attempt to strip the right to citizenship from them,” Boardman wrote.
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