'Complete madness': Court Blocks Trump's Birthright Citizenship Policy with Universal Injunction by Another Name; New Hampshire Judge Pauses Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Nationwide via Class Action Lawsuit; WHERE DOES TRUMP'S BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP CASE CURRENTLY STAND?

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'Complete madness': Court blocks Trump's birthright citizenship policy with universal injunction by another name:

Another federal judge decided to ignore the US Supreme Court's warnings in order to arrest the MAGA agenda.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first day back in office titled "Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship." The order, set to go into effect on July 27, made it U.S. policy not to issue citizenship documents to a person whose mother was unlawfully in the country and whose father was neither an American citizen nor a permanent resident at the time of the person's birth.

A number of individuals, organizations, and states took the Trump administration to court over the order, obtaining universal injunctions against its implementation. However, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 27 that these injunctions "likely exceed the equitable authority that Congress has given to federal courts."

Liberal litigants, desperate for an alternative, have since pursued universal injunctions under the guise of class-action lawsuits.

Joseph Laplante of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire is among the federal judges who is apparently happy to help torpedo the democratically elected president's agenda.

On Thursday, Laplante, a George W. Bush appointee, granted class action status to a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union challenging the birthright citizenship order, certifying the babies of illegal aliens and temporary migrants as a class

He then issued a preliminary injunction, temporarily shielding the supposed class from the order's enforcement.

After the Supreme Court ruling in CASA, immigration activists requested that Laplante certify a class "of all current and future children who are or will be denied United States citizenship by Executive Order No. 14160 ... and their parents." --->READ MORE HERE

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New Hampshire judge pauses Trump’s birthright citizenship order nationwide via class action lawsuit:

A federal judge in New Hampshire issued a ruling Thursday prohibiting President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship from taking effect anywhere in the U.S.

Judge Joseph LaPlante issued a preliminary injunction blocking Trump’s order and certified a class action lawsuit including all children who will be affected. The order, which followed an hour-long hearing, included a seven-day stay to allow for appeal.

The judge’s decision puts the birthright citizenship issue on a fast track to return to the Supreme Court. The justices could be asked to rule whether the order complies with their decision last month that limited judges’ authority to issue nationwide injunctions. The Supreme Court said district judges generally can’t issue nationwide, or universal, injunctions. But it didn’t rule out whether judges could accomplish much the same thing by a different legal means, a class action.

The class approved in New Hampshire is slightly narrower than that sought by the plaintiffs, who wanted to include parents, but attorneys said that wouldn’t make a material difference.

“This is going to protect every single child around the country from this lawless, unconstitutional and cruel executive order,” said Cody Wofsy, an attorney for the plaintiffs.

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a pregnant woman, two parents and their infants. It’s among numerous cases challenging Trump’s January order denying citizenship to those born to parents living in the U.S. illegally or temporarily. The plaintiffs are represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and others.

At issue is the Constitution’s 14th Amendment, which states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.” The Trump administration says the phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” means the U.S. can deny citizenship to babies born to women in the country illegally, ending what has been seen as an intrinsic part of U.S. law for more than a century. --->READ MORE HERE

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