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The only surprising thing about a Reagan-appointed federal judge saying he would block Trump's order abolishing primary citizenship is that it took a total of nearly three days for it to happen.
CNN reported:
Judge John Coughenour, a Ronald Reagan appointee sitting in Seattle, granted the request of Washington Attorney General Nick Brown and three other Democratic-led states for an emergency order halting implementation of the policy for the next 14 days further briefings take place legal challenge.
“I have been on the bench for over four decades. I can’t remember another case where the question asked was so clear,” Coughenour said.
“Where were the lawyers,” the judge asked when the decision to sign the executive order was made. He said he found it “confusing” that a member of the Bar would claim the order was constitutional.
The judge apparently assumed that any of Trump's legal advisers would dare to tell him that his order was illegal and that even if they did, Trump would listen.
The Birthright Implementing Regulation will not come into force.
It will work its way through the court system until eventually even this Supreme Court will reject the idea that any president has the power to amend the Constitution through an executive order.
The fact that the executive order was issued at all showed that Trump had what he wanted. There are no guardrails in his second term. There is no one who says no, no matter how stupid, illegal or unconstitutional their actions are.
This is a much bigger problem for the country than any regulation that anyone who knows the basics of our system of government would understand would be shot down.
There doesn't seem to be anyone in Trump's orbit who is willing to put the country first.
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