The federal judge who temporarily blocked President Donald Trump 's executive order denying U.S. citizenship to the children ...

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President Donald Trump's executive order denying U.S. citizenship to the children of parents living in the country illegally ...

Judge John C. Coughenour issued an order temporarily blocking President Donald Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship on Thursday. “I’ve been on the bench for over four decades.

"I've been on the bench for over four decades, I can't remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one is," said Western District of Washington Judge John C. Coughenour ...

It didn't fare well. A Justice Department lawyer had barely started making his arguments in a Seattle courtroom Thursday when U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour began blistering him with ...