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Judge slams Trump's birthright citizenship order
A federal judge slammed Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship as a "blatantly unconstitutional order."
"I have been on the bench for over four decades. I can't remember another case where the case presented is as clear as it is here," U.S. District Judge John Coughenour said minutes into a hearing on a legal challenge to the action.
Coughenour later signed a temporary restraining order blocking Trump's order.
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