Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul's lawsuit claims President Donald Trump's executive order is unconstitutional.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined three other states Tuesday in suing President Donald Trump to stop an executive order that fails to recognize the children of immigrants without legal status as U.S. citizens.

The ruling marks the first big loss for Trump, three days after taking the oath of office, and the temporary block applies to the entire country. U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour called the order "blatantly unconstitutional.

The federal judge who temporarily blocked President Donald Trump 's executive order denying U.S. citizenship to the children of parents living in the county illegally is a "tough" legal expert who made lawyers appearing before him "nervous," according to an attorney and former colleague.

Several states suing Donald Trump over his executive order ending birthright citizenship urged a judge to issue a preliminary injunction halting it from taking effect. The post ‘Egregiously illegal actions of the President’: States call Trump’s birthright citizenship order a ‘modern version of Dred Scott’ as they seek court-ordered injunction first appeared on Law & Crime.

U.S. District Judge John Coughenour of Seattle, who blocked the order on Thursday, blasted it as “blatantly unconstitutional.”

A federal judge on Thursday issued a two-week restraining order ... Arizona, Illinois and Oregon — that argued that the White House executive order, which President Donald Trump signed Monday ...

A federal court issued a temporary restraining order against a presidential order challenging birthright citizenship.

A federal judge in Washington has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at modifying birthright citizenship.

The Trump administration remains adamant the plan for a federal funding freeze is still on despite legal challenges, causing even more confusion and whiplash for people in Illinois who rely on federal programs.

It was another busy day for President Donald Trump’s administration, as he suffered a setback in a lawsuit against his birthright citizenship executive order.

The judge, an appointee of Republican former President Ronald Reagan, dealt the first legal setback to the hardline policies on immigration that are a centerpiece of Trump's second term as president.