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The denial of the precious right to citizenship will cause irreparable harm,
District Judge Deborah Boardman was reported as saying during the hearing at a Maryland court In fact, no court in the country has ever endorsed the president’s interpretation,
I’ve been on the bench for over four decades. I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one is. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order,
Ronald Reagan-appointed District Judge John Coughenour said January 23. It pains her to think that one of her children will have more benefits than the other, even though they were both born here,
according to the complaint The principle of birthright citizenship is a foundation of our national democracy, is woven throughout the laws of our nation, and has shaped a shared sense of national belonging for generation after generation of citizens,
the plaintiffs argued in the suit The Constitution does not harbor a windfall clause granting American citizenship to, inter alia: the children of those who have circumvented (or outright defied) federal immigration laws,
the government argued in reply to the Maryland plaintiffs’ suit All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
Citizenship is a most precious right, expressly granted by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution,
U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman wrote in her ruling The government will not be harmed by a preliminary injunction that prevents it from enforcing an executive order likely to be found unconstitutional,
Today, virtually every baby born on U.S. soil is a U.S. citizen upon birth,
