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A federal judge in Maryland ruled that US President Donald Trump has issued a fourth court decision since the major Supreme Court decision in June to block Trump’s innate citizenship order, ruling that citizenship cannot be withheld from people born to Americans.
The preliminary injunction for US District Judge Deborah Boardman was anticipated last month after the appeals court said he would issue such an order if the case was returned to her. The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sent her case back in late July.
Since June, two other district courts, in addition to the judge’s appeal panel, have blocked Trump’s birthright ban nationwide.
Trump’s executive order, signed on January 20th on the inauguration day, would deny the citizenship of children born to parents living in the United States, illegally or temporarily.
The board issued an interim injunction that obstructed executive orders across the country, but the Supreme Court ruling offered the Trump administration hopes that many people would support policies that criticize as violations of the U.S. Constitution.
Article 14 of the Constitution provides that all people born or naturalized in the United States are American citizens.
The highest US courts have said board decisions and other court decisions have been blocked by Trump’s orders nationwide, and that federal judges and courts have no authority to grant national injunctions.
However, justice awarded did not rule out other court orders that could have national impact, such as class actions or lawsuits filed by the state.
In ruling Thursday, Boardman has certified classes of children born after February 19 or in the United States.
She argued that the plaintiffs in her previous lawsuit were likely to win the argument that the US president’s order was unconstitutional and that if the order were enacted, they would likely suffer “irreparable harm.”
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