State of Washington et al v. Trump et al

  1. June 09, 2025

    9th Circ. Awaits Justices' Ruling On Birthright Citizenship

    A Ninth Circuit panel has elected to hold off on deciding whether to affirm a Washington federal court order blocking the Trump administration from limiting birthright citizenship until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the matter.

  2. June 04, 2025

    Scalia Invoked Against Trump's Citizenship Stance At 9th Circ.

    A panel of Ninth Circuit judges scrutinized the Trump administration's take on the citizenship clause as the government argued Wednesday to preserve the president's push to curb birthright citizenship, with one judge suggesting the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia would've rejected the attempt to read "beyond the mere words" of the 14th Amendment.

  3. April 09, 2025

    Asian American Bar To 9th Circ.: Protect Birthright Citizenship

    Asian Pacific American bar associations on Wednesday urged the Ninth Circuit to uphold a block on President Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, saying Trump distorted a seminal 1898 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that affirmed U.S. citizenship to a man born in California to Chinese parents.

  4. March 10, 2025

    Trump Tells 9th Circ. To Undo Birthright Citizenship Injunction

    President Donald Trump urged the Ninth Circuit to undo a Washington federal court's injunction on his executive order limiting birthright citizenship, saying children born to noncitizens in the United States do not fall within the Fourteenth Amendment's Citizenship Clause.

  5. February 20, 2025

    9th Circ. Won't Roll Back Birthright Citizenship Injunction

    The Ninth Circuit rejected President Donald Trump's emergency bid to partially halt a Washington federal court's injunction on his executive order limiting birthright citizenship.

  6. February 06, 2025

    Wash. Judge Latest To Halt Trump Birthright Citizenship Edict

    A Washington federal judge on Thursday became the latest judge to block President Donald Trump's order limiting birthright citizenship amid a legal challenge by four states, keeping enforcement on hold and calling out the president for trying to amend the U.S. Constitution "under the guise of an executive order."

  7. February 03, 2025

    Red States Back Trump On Birthright Citizenship Limits

    Iowa and 17 other Republican-led states backed the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday in urging federal judges on both coasts to allow enforcement of President Donald Trump's order limiting birthright citizenship, contending the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause has been misconstrued to spur "illegal immigration."

  8. January 29, 2025

    Cities Urge Judges To Halt Trump Birthright Citizenship Order

    Local governments and officials representing more than 70 jurisdictions spanning 24 states expressed support on Wednesday for a nationwide pause on President Donald Trump's order restricting birthright citizenship, warning federal judges the mandate will otherwise fuel administrative dysfunction and detract from publicly funded programs.  

  9. January 28, 2025

    States Seek Injunction In Trump Birthright Citizenship Case

    Washington, Illinois, Arizona and Oregon have launched a bid to keep President Donald Trump's executive order curbing birthright citizenship on hold amid their legal challenge, calling on the same Seattle federal judge who called the decision "blatantly unconstitutional" when granting a temporary restraining order last week.

  10. January 23, 2025

    Judge Puts 'Unconstitutional' Trump Citizenship Order On Ice

    A Washington federal judge paused nationwide enforcement of President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship on Thursday, calling the order "blatantly unconstitutional" and expressing disdain for attorneys backing the presidential decision while hearing four states' emergency bid for a temporary restraining order.

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