U.S. President Donald Trump was in the Oval Office of the White House on February 14, 2025.
Nathan Howard | Reuters
Three panel of judges in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Wednesday the Justice Department’s request to immediately restore President Donald Trump’s executive order Restricted birthright citizenshipestablish potential emergency applications to the Supreme Court.
Legal experts say Trump’s order conflicts with the Fourteenth Amendment, which extends U.S. citizenship to anyone born on U.S. land if their mother It appears illegally in the country and their father is not a citizen or citizen or permanent resident.
The Ministry of Justice has asked the 9th Circuit to give emergency stay The decision of the court The order to prevent Trump from taking effect.
In denying the request, the panel found that the Justice Department did not make a “strong indication that they are likely to succeed under the merits of this appeal”.
Panel member Danielle Forrest, appointed by Trump, expanded her reasoning in an agreed opinion, questioning the Department of Justice’s emergency.
“It is conventional that both executive and legislative policies are challenged in court, especially in the case of significant changes in the new policy with previous understanding and practice,” she wrote. “It is simply because the district court grants preliminary relief to cease by A policy proposed by a political branch is not an emergency in itself. Yes, yes. Even a major controversy, yes, yes. An emergency, not necessarily an emergency.”
