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Donald Trump speaks at the annual Road to Majority conference in Washington, DC, June 22, 2024. (Allison Bailey/NurPhoto via AP)

In Washington state, a federal judge on Thursday stopped President Donald Trump’s executive order that aimed to end birthright citizenship in the United States. The order was deemed unconstitutional.

The hearing was overseen by U.S. District Judge John Coughenour, a nominee of President Ronald Reagan. The complaint, spanning 85 pages, had been filed earlier in the week in Seattle federal court by attorneys general from Washington, Oregon, Arizona, and Illinois.

After considering the arguments, Judge Coughenour issued a temporary restraining order against the implementation of the executive order on birthright citizenship. He explained that the order contradicted the fundamental principles outlined in the nation’s founding documents.

“This is a blatantly unconstitutional order,” Coughenour said during the proceedings, according to a report from The New York Times.

He continued, saying he couldn’t believe a licensed lawyer could believe the move to be constitutional.

“I have difficulty understanding how a member of the bar could state unequivocally that is a constitutional order,” the judge said, per the Washington Standard. “It boggles my mind.”

According to the filed complaint, Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship violates the 14th Amendment and the federal Immigration and Nationality Act. The States argue that a sitting president lacks the authority to override the U.S. Constitution, asserting that no provision or law empowers him to determine who should or should not be granted U.S. citizenship at birth.

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