A federal judge in Seattle, Washington just blocked President Trump’s executive order banning birthright citizenship, calling it a “blatantly unconstitutional order”.

The judge is a Reagan appointee.

Here’s more from NBC News:

A federal district court judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship — the first action in what promises to be a protracted legal battle over the new administration’s agenda.

Senior U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour heard 25 minutes of arguments and then issued an order from the bench blocking the policy from taking effect for 14 days. There will be a further briefing on a preliminary injunction to permanently block the executive order while litigation proceeds.

“I’ve been on the bench for over four decades,” Coughenour, a Ronald Reagan appointee, said. “I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order.”

The case comes as four states (Washington, Arizona, Illinois and Oregon) sought to block the order before it is supposed to take effect in late February. It’s one of five lawsuits filed by Democratic attorneys general and immigrant rights organizations challenging the order — which seeks to limit automatic birthright citizenship to children of U.S. citizens and green card holders — as unconstitutional.

We knew this would happen because it’s part of the process of climbing the appeal ladder to get to the Supreme Court. So I don’t think Trump will be bothered by this at all.