US judge blocks Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship
US judge blocks Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship
Executive order signed by Trump, which was to take effect on 19 February, is already the subject of five lawsuits
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By my read, this temporary injunction applies ONLY to the plaintiff states - Washington, Arizona, Illinois, and Oregon. It doesn't stop it from being applied in the rest of the country.
I could be wrong, but I think this could be due to how the states' suit is worded? As in, I think it's worded as, "you can't do that in our state," and not, "you can't do that full stop."
From another site:
Attorneys general from 18 other states also sued over the order in federal court in Massachusetts.
Brown [AG filing the suit] noted his lawsuit is similar, but said he felt Washington should lead a separate case because of “specific and unique harms that are brought here.” He also said that “we have a very good set of judges in our bench here in Washington, so I feel like this is the right place.”
(My emphasis.)
So, a good first step, and while this should be struck down in its entirety, my reading is that this was a lawsuit with limited scope, and the injunction matches the limited scope.