Summary
A swath of Democratic-led states and civil rights groups have filed the first lawsuits challenging executive orders Donald Trump signed after taking office, including one that seeks to roll back birthright citizenship in the US.
A coalition of 18 Democratic-led states along with the District of Columbia and the city of San Francisco filed a lawsuit in federal court in Boston on Tuesday arguing the Republican president’s effort to end birthright citizenship is a flagrant violation of the US constitution.
That lawsuit followed a pair of similar cases filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, immigrant organizations and an expectant mother in the hours after Trump signed the executive order, marking the first major litigation challenging parts of his agenda since he took office.
Edit: Count is now 22 states. Thanks empireoflove2!
Is this one of those things that will end up at the Supreme Court? If so, I don’t have much faith and would sound like exactly what they want to occur.
What’s the alternative? Not resist, throw our hands up, and say “it won’t work”? These fascist bootlickers can destroy our democracy, but we don’t have to make it easy for them…
Americans won’t do anything until it personally affects their lifestyles. So, probably not at all, and if so, probably far too late.