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State of Washington v. Trump (2:25-cv-00127)

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Appeal denied
2025-02-20

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Chris Geidner
BREAKING: A Ninth Circuit panel DENIES the Trump administration’s request to limit the nationwide scope of a Seattle court’s injunction that blocks Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. The panel included two Republican appointees, and one Democratic appointee
Before: CANBY, M. SMITH, and FORREST, Circuit Judges. Order by Judges CANBY and M. SMITH; Concurrence by Judge FORREST. Appellants have not made a "strong showing that [they are] likely to succeed on the merits" of this appeal. See Nken v. Holder, 556 U.S. 418, 434 (2009) (quoting Hilton v. Braunskill, 481 U.S. 770, 776 (1987)). The emergency motion (Docket Entry No. 21) for a partial stay of the district court's February 6, 2025 preliminary injunction is denied The existing briefing schedule remains in effect. The clerk will place this case on the calendar for June 2025. See 9th Cir. Gen Ord. 3.3(f).

Preliminary injunction
2025-02-07

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Chris Geidner
Yeah, he wasn't having it.
III. CONCLUSION Citizenship by birth is an unequivocal Constitutional right. It is one of the precious principles that makes the United States the great nation that it is. The President cannot change, limit, or qualify this Constitutional right via an executive order. The Court GRANTS the Plaintiffs' motions for a nationwide preliminary injunction (Dkt. Nos. 63, 74) and ENJOINS enforcement or implementation of the Order on a nationwide basis. DATED this 6 day of February 2025. John C. Coughenour UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Amicus brief by red states
2025-02-04

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
In a disgraceful act betraying millions of their own residents, Iowa, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming all write to oppose birthright citizenship.
INTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE For the past four years, disastrous immigration policies transformed every State into a border state by flooding them with illegal aliens, including criminals convicted of crimes in their home country, violent international gang members, and suspected ISIS terrorists. Illegal immigration imposes significant costs on the States and their people. And creating incentives for illegal immigration puts lives at risk. Allowing virtually anyone born on American soil to claim American citizenship creates incentives for illegal immigration and exacerbates States’ costs. Amici Curiae are the States of Iowa, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming which submit this brief in support of Defendants.