Let's talk about Trump's birthright citizenship order being blocked....
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Belle of the Ranch
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🗓️ 25 January 2025
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Let's talk about Trump's birthright citizenship order being blocked....
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| 0:00.0 | Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again. |
| 0:04.4 | So today, we're going to talk about how Trump's citizenship order is on hold. |
| 0:10.1 | That didn't take long. |
| 0:11.9 | Trump's executive order, titled Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship, |
| 0:17.5 | has been put on hold by a federal judge in Seattle. |
| 0:26.6 | This, of course, is the order that was aimed at chipping away at birthright citizenship. It has a, let's just call it, creative interpretation of the 14th Amendment. |
| 0:32.6 | If you've already heard what the judge said, you know that calling it creative is being very nice. |
| 0:39.3 | When talking about the order, Judge John Koffenauer literally asked, quote, |
| 0:45.1 | Where were the lawyers when this decision was being made? He seemed like he couldn't believe |
| 0:51.4 | any attorney would say the order would fly. |
| 0:54.8 | The judge was nominated by President Reagan back in 1981. |
| 1:00.1 | He said, quote, |
| 1:01.5 | I have been on the bench for over four decades. |
| 1:04.6 | I can't remember another case where the question presented is as clear as it is here. |
| 1:10.8 | This is a blatantly unconstitutional order. |
| 1:14.9 | At one point, the judge asked the DOJ lawyer tasked with defending the executive order |
| 1:20.2 | if he believed the order was constitutional. |
| 1:23.6 | The attorney said he did. |
| 1:25.5 | The judge said, quote, |
| 1:27.1 | I have difficulty understanding how a member of the bar can state unequivocally that this is a constitutional order. |
| 1:35.2 | It boggles my mind. |
| 1:37.6 | The judge put a temporary restraining order in place, blocking the enforcement of the executive order, |
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