Donald Trump signed orders dealing with the border, criminal justice and the Biden administration. In many cases, he assigned work to the attorney general.
U.S. District Judge John Coughenour, appointed by former President Ronald Reagan, signed the temporary restraining order on Thursday to block Trump’s action. Coughenour’s decision just days after a number of states, including New Jersey, sued the Trump administration over the move.
The order is titled “Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government,” but it asserts that the Biden administration might have acted illegally and directs agencies to seek evidence.
Presidents Clinton, Biden issued orders aiming to correct environmental injustice. On Monday, President Trump issued orders revoking those efforts.
President Donald Trump's executive order denying U.S. citizenship to the children of parents living in the country illegally has faced the first of what will be many legal tests.
President Trump, starting his second term, began a slew of executive actions by rescinding 78 Biden-era executive orders, executive actions, and presidential memoranda.
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order denying U.S. citizenship to the children of parents living in the country illegally, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging the order.
A federal judge in Seattle has temporarily blocked Donald Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship in the US. US District Court Judge John Coughenour called Trump's executive order "blatantly unconstitutional" and issued a restraining order blocking it from going into force after a 25-minute hearing on Thursday.
Donald Trump issued a number of orders reversing Joe Biden's policies, kickstarting his second-term agenda after the inauguration.