Group suing over Trump's birthright order seeks to convert case to a class action lawsuit

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Source: Politico

An organization representing immigrants fighting President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship order wasted little time seeking to recalibrate its legal strategy to block the president's policy despite the high court's restrictions on nationwide injunctions.

CASA Inc. is asking a federal judge in Maryland for an emergency block on Trump's policy -- which would deny citizenship to children of some immigrants born on U.S. soil -- and said it has refiled its broader lawsuit as a class action case.

Class action lawsuits are one of the ways that the Supreme Court explicitly indicated Friday were permissible to broadly block a federal government policy. It's among several exceptions or workarounds that Trump adversaries are poised to seize on after the justices sharply limited judges' ability to issue nationwide injunctions.


Read more: https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/27/supreme-court-rulings-decisions-today-news-analysis/class-action-lawsuit-in-00427992

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And from Axios:

Following the ruling Friday, the plaintiffs -- CASA Inc., the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project and a group of expectant mothers -- asked a federal judge in Maryland to block Trump's executive order attacking birthright citizenship.

"Without a class-wide injunction, Defendants will deny thousands of babies in the putative class their constitutional and statutory right to United States citizenship, as well as all of the rights and privileges that citizenship entails," the complaint states.
The Supreme Court indicated in its Friday order that class action lawsuits are among the permitted methods to block federal government policy.

"Consistent with the Supreme Court's most recent instructions, the Court can protect all members of the putative class from irreparable harm that the unlawful Executive Order threatens to inflict," the suit states.

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/27/birthright-citizenship-order-lawsuit

[Silent Type]

1. As retired federal judge said on CNN, "this ruling guarantees full employment for attorneys." Also, Senator Whitehouse

pointed out, once you win in a few districts/circuits, it more or less will become law of the land. CNN also had an ACLU spokesperson on who seemed not overly worried about the ruling.

Finally, a DUer had a post with links that said the birthright issue is not a concern for anyone born here before April 2025.

[pnwmom]

3. That is because Trump's Executive Order was written to only take effect for babies born a month later.

However, there would be nothing stopping Trump from issuing another Executive order, if this one succeeds.

[Silent Type]

4. There is little likelihood of trump's next birthright EO being approved.

My main hope/goal at this point is to protect those who have been here contributing to society. I think this ruling will result in that for children. Of course, there are others to protect too.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. The Class Action should be leveled at SCOTUS to protect the Constitution. /nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. A couple of Class Action lawsuits have already been filed to get around this ruling

Class actions are a way around this ruling

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

That was quick

There are already TWO new class action lawsuits challenging Trump birthright citizenship order

Suits designed to adjust to today's Supreme Court ruling

Including one by ACLU, which says "This executive order directly opposes our Constitution, values & history"