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A US federal judge has blocked President Trump’s executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship, deeming it “almost certainly unconstitutional,” following a ruling that affirmed children in a specific class are “citizens at birth.” This order, which targeted “birth tourism,” was officially issued on August 6 and faced opposition from rights groups, leading to a preliminary injunction by Judge Deborah Boardman. In related political developments, House Democrats rejected a Republican proposal to permanently cap the Supreme Court at nine justices by a vote of 212-206 and introduced a war powers resolution concerning unauthorized strikes.

A federal judge in Maryland, Deborah Boardman, has blocked President Donald Trump's new executive order aimed at rolling back birthright citizenship, citing the Supreme Court's prior ruling that deemed his last attempt unconstitutional. The new order, issued on August 6, targeted children of foreign nationals, particularly those involved in "birth tourism," but Boardman ruled it unconstitutional for the same reasons as the Supreme Court's June ruling in the case Barbara v Trump, which affirmed that children in such cases are citizens at birth. The Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment with a six to three decision, and Trump's efforts to challenge it continue to face substantial legal pushback from immigrant rights advocates and families.