The Justice Department has appealed a federal judge's order that indefinitely blocks President Trump's presidential executive order restricting birthright citizenship.
in Short-term notifications On Thursday night, the government said it would appeal to Judge John Coughenour, a national interim injunction granted earlier on Thursday, at the request of a group of four Democratic attorney generals and private plaintiffs.
The appeal will be heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals in the 9th Circuit. This is the appeal of the Justice Department, the first in a lawsuit that challenges the main actions of the Trump administration.
Trump's executive order was signed on his first day of reducing his Backbirthright citizenship. Without permanent legal status, it will narrow birthright citizenship so that it will no longer be extended to children born to children born in American soil.
Coughenour, former President Reagan's appointee, praised the administration's efforts to redefine the 14th Amendment's birthright citizenship guarantees.
“It's becoming increasingly clear to our president that the rule of law is merely a barrier to his policy goals,” the judge said. Whether it is for political or personal interest. ”
“Nevertheless, under this court and my watch, the rule of law is a bright beacon that I intend to follow,” he continued.
Coughenour's order follows a nearly identical injunction granted by a federal judge in Maryland on Wednesday, but it is also effectively implemented indefinitely. The executive order has already drawn nine cases. A hearing on the issue of Concord, New Hampshire is expected in the coming days.
