Rachel Riley, Law360, Jan. 23, 2025 (subscription)
“A Washington federal decide has paused enforcement of President Donald Trump’s govt order limiting birthright citizenship, calling the order “blatantly unconstitutional” whereas listening to Washington and three different states’ request to place it on maintain on Thursday. U.S. District Decide John C. Coughenour dominated from the bench in Seattle federal court docket, granting the non permanent restraining order sought by Washington, Illinois, Arizona and Oregon of their lawsuit difficult Trump’s govt order as a violation of the Fourteenth Modification. “I have been on the bench for over 4 many years, and I can not keep in mind one other case the place the query offered was this clear,” Decide Coughenour stated. “It is a blatantly unconstitutional order. The place have been the attorneys when this determination was being made?” “
Decide John C. Coughenour – appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1981