Trump, birthright citizenship and Judges
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Federal judge in New Hampshire stayed the order for seven days to allow the Department of Justice to appeal. He called birthright citizenship "the greatest privilege that exists in the world."
A New Hampshire federal judge issued a temporary nationwide block on President Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship, two weeks after the Supreme Court quashed a universal injunction in the case.
The Justice Department opened criminal probes into Trump bogeymen. Yesterday: The Justice Department said it is investigating former FBI director James B. Comey and former CIA director John Brennan, both frequent targets of Trump’s ire.
The unsigned decision lifts a lower court ruling that briefly stopped the Trump administration from cutting down the federal workforce while a legal challenge worked through the court system. The Supreme Court is now allowing federal agencies to slash jobs even before the legality of Trump’s plan has been decided.