A federal judge said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship was “blatantly unconstitutional” and issued a temporary restraining order to block it. The Judge granted the request by the Washington Attorney General and three other states for an emergency order halting implementation of the policy for the next 14 days while there are more briefings in the legal challenge.

“I have been on the bench for over four decades. I can’t remember another case whether the question presented was as clear.”

The Judge rhetorically asked, “Where were the lawyers” when this executive order was signed. He further states that “it boggles my mind” that a member of the bar would claim this executive order was constitutional. He asked the Attorney General whether he thought the executive order was constitutional and when he answered in the affirmative the Judge said, he did not understand how any member of the bar could believe that, as