Appeals Court Hands Trump a Loss in Birthright Citizenship Clash

A federal appeals court has denied a request by the US Justice Department to narrow a Seattle judge’s order blocking enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive action to restrict automatic birthright citizenship.

Four federal judges have ruled against the administration on the birthright citizenship issue — at least 10 lawsuits have been filed — and the Justice Department has appealed three of those decisions so far. Wednesday’s order from a three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals marked the first setback for Trump in this next phase of the legal clash.

The Justice Department had argued ...