Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship

Will Scharf assists as President Donald Trump signs an executive order at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington on Monday (Susan Walsh/AP)

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging the order.

US District Judge John C Coughenour ruled in the case brought by the states of Washington, Arizona, Illinois and Oregon, which argue the 14th Amendment and Supreme Court case law have cemented birthright citizenship.