Federal judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship ban for all infants, testing lower court powers

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Federal judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship ban for all infants, testing lower court powers
U.S. District Judge Joseph LaPlante he will issue a written ruling by the end of the day further explaining his decision
By Breanne Deppisch , Andrew Fone Fox News
Published July 10, 2025 10:46am EDT | Updated July 10, 2025 10:47am EDT

A federal judge in New Hampshire on Thursday issued a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump's executive order banning birthright citizenship, and granting a nationwide class certification status to all infants impacted by the order.

U.S. District Judge Joseph LaPlante said Thursday that he will issue a written ruling by the end of the day further explaining his decision. The injunction also narrows down the scope of the class to infants, removing parents from the case.

In his order, LaPlante ruled that deprivation of citizenship, as held by the 14th Amendment, and changes in longstanding policy would create "irreparable harm."

Still, the injunction is almost sure to be quickly appealed by the Trump administration. The Supreme Court heard the case earlier this year, and ruled 6-3 last month that plaintiffs seeking nationwide relief must file their cases as a class action lawsuit.

They did not, however, weigh in on the birthright citizenship issue itself.

Trump's order, signed on the first day of his second White House term, directs all U.S. government agencies to refuse to issue citizenship documents to children born to illegal immigrants, or who do not have at least one parent who is an American citizen of lawful permanent resident.

This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-judge-blocks-trumps-birthright-citizenship-ban-all-infants-testing-lower-court-powers

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[rustynail]

Margot Cleveland
@ProfMJCleveland
Folks, district court blocking Birthright EO is actually a "good thing" because it provides Trump Administration mechanism to have SCOTUS provide parameters for class actions in a case where there is no immediate impact on Trump governance & that will bind other judges.

https://x.com/ProfMJCleveland/status/1943334035494678917

[Stevensr123]

“All persons  born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”

Seems pretty clear cut to me, even though I disagree with it.

[DB]

“All persons  born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”

Seems pretty clear cut to me, even though I disagree with it.

You missed this part: "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" where "AND" is a big deal.

Citizens are subject the jurisdiction of the country they are a citizen of. For example, a person that is subject to the draft in the country they are a citizen of are subject to it regardless of what other country they may reside in. Non-citizens are not. That was plain English when this was written.

[Canuck Conservative]

You missed this part: "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" where "AND" is a big deal

A lot of people like to ignore that part, and claim that if you're born on American soil, you're automatically an American citizen

Nope

[Bigun]

A lot of people like to ignore that part, and claim that if you're born on American soil, you're automatically an American citizen

Nope

  

[IsailedawayfromFR]

“All persons  born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”

Seems pretty clear cut to me, even though I disagree with it.

It is clear an illegal is not subject to the jurisdiction of this country as he is here illegally.

[Wingnut]

A lot of people like to ignore that part, and claim that if you're born on American soil, you're automatically an American citizen

Nope

As a famous American Gabby Johnson once said: "I wash born here, an I wash raished here, and dad gum it, I am gonna die here, an no sidewindin' bushwackin', hornswagglin' cracker croaker is gonna rouin me bishen cutter."

[Bigun]

“All persons  born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”

Seems pretty clear cut to me, even though I disagree with it.

Apparently, you have never read the legislative history; Sen. Trumbull, the phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” means “subject to the complete jurisdiction thereof,” and this in turn means “not owing allegiance to anybody else.”

http://www.increasinglearning.com/blog/jurisdiction

[Fishrrman]

Folks, you can argue about this until you're blue in the face (particulary you, Bigun).

NOTHING will change until there is a definitive and clearly-understood ruling from TODAY'S Supreme Court as to whether or not the 14th amendment (perhaps the worst amendment of them all) "creates" birthright citizenship, or not.

So the Trump administration should get busy finding the right case by which to force this upon the High Court. Yes, FORCE THEM to decide.

The only OTHER WAY to fix this is to re-write the Constitution.
The revamped Constitution should clearly address and define:
- natural-born citizenship (as distinguished from any other kind of citizenship)
- what is the prerequisite for those born within the boundaries of the USA to BE "citizens"
- what "naturalized" citizenship is.

Until it's all laid out clearly and in simple language, the issue will not be resolved.

I predict that before this website closes down, the "natural born citizenship" issue will be argued about 135,325 more times...

[Bigun]

Folks, you can argue about this until you're blue in the face (particulary you, Bigun).

NOTHING will change until there is a definitive and clearly-understood ruling from TODAY'S Supreme Court as to whether or not the 14th amendment (perhaps the worst amendment of them all) "creates" birthright citizenship, or not.

So the Trump administration should get busy finding the right case by which to force this upon the High Court. Yes, FORCE THEM to decide.

The only OTHER WAY to fix this is to re-write the Constitution.
The revamped Constitution should clearly address and define:
- natural-born citizenship (as distinguished from any other kind of citizenship)
- what is the prerequisite for those born within the boundaries of the USA to BE "citizens"
- what "naturalized" citizenship is.

Until it's all laid out clearly and in simple language, the issue will not be resolved.

I predict that before this website closes down, the "natural born citizenship" issue will be argued about 135,325 more times...

Two questions for you @Fishrrman although I fully expect your usual nonresponse.

1. Who made nine unelected judges king of America?

2. Was not the executive branch made coequal to the other two in our constitution?