A multi-state coalition led by California successfully challenged President Trump's executive order that sought to end birthright citizenship. A federal judge in Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction, stating that the order contravened the Fourteenth Amendment and Supreme Court rulings. Key statements highlighted that Trump's attempt to rewrite constitutional rights was unlawful. The ruling reinforced that citizenship is granted at birth, regardless of parental immigration status, thus protecting the rights of children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants until further legal resolutions are made.
President Trump may believe that he is above the law, but today's preliminary injunction sends a clear message: He is not a king, and he cannot rewrite the Constitution with the stroke of a pen.
A single district judge would be bound to apply that settled interpretation, even if a party were to present persuasive arguments that the long established understanding is erroneous.
The defendants, however, have offered no such arguments here, indicating a lack of legal foundation for the executive order.
Allegiance to the United States stems from birth, not the status of a child's parents, reinforcing the citizenship rights under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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