Lights, Camera, Class Action: Trump Order Blocked
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🗓️ 11 July 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, July 11th. The Supreme Court put limits on federal judges. Well, that didn't stop this one. |
| 0:06.0 | We start here. |
| 0:07.0 | President Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship hits a new roadblock. |
| 0:14.0 | All eyes are going to be back on the Supreme Court, probably in a matter of weeks. |
| 0:18.0 | A judge demands an executive order be halted, but is he allowed to? |
| 0:22.6 | Taiwan launches its biggest military drills in its history. |
| 0:26.6 | These are civilian soldiers who have been called up to practice their skills for combat. |
| 0:31.6 | They're acting like it's a question of when, not if China invades. |
| 0:34.6 | Their bigger questions are about the U.S. And for Hollywood blockbusters, politics can be kryptonite. |
| 0:41.6 | Superman is inherently a political character. |
| 0:44.3 | So does an immigration debate now look like a job for Superman? |
| 0:49.5 | From ABC News, this is Start Here. |
| 0:52.8 | I'm Brad Milky. |
| 1:07.3 | President Trump is known for challenging norms, but for years, he's also talked about formally ending what was long considered an ironclad law. |
| 1:12.4 | Hundreds of thousands of people are pouring into our country under birthright citizenship, |
| 1:17.0 | and it wasn't meant for that reason. Birthright citizenship, the concept that if you're born on U.S. soil, you are a U.S. citizen, is enshrined in the Constitution. The Trump administration, |
| 1:22.6 | though, has a different interpretation of that language, and Trump issued an executive order ending the |
| 1:28.4 | government's policy of recognizing it. This attracted, of course, a ton of lawsuits and was |
| 1:33.5 | blocked by multiple federal judges. Because the president's order attempts to circumscribe this |
| 1:38.6 | process, it is clearly unconstitutional. The preliminary injunction is granted on a nationwide basis. |
| 1:45.8 | To which the Trump administration said, hey, why should one judge, with no appeals court weighing in, |
| 1:51.2 | be able to block a 50 state or even an international policy? |
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