As Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, Massachusetts’ representatives in Congress were quick to warn their constituents about his second term.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Diocese of Washington, said Wednesday that she will continue to pray for President Donald Trump, hours after he lashed out at her over a sermon. “I don’t consider him an enemy,” Budde told The Associated Press.
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration just a day into the new president’s 2nd term.
On Monday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Leah Foley was named the new U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts by the new administration under President Donald Trump.
Eighteen states, including Massachusetts, are challenging Trump's order with a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Massachusetts advocates respond to Trump's executive order ending X-gender passports, raising concerns about its impact on federal gender policies.
President Trump signed an executive order aiming to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to noncitizen parents. Attorneys general from 22 states filed lawsuits in Massachusetts arguing that the order violates the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Trump's executive order against birthright citizenship faces several legal battles in the courts. Ending birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants has become a central focus of the administration's hard-line immigration agenda.
President Trump's bid to cut off birthright citizenship is "flagrantly unlawful," attorneys for 18 states said in a lawsuit challenging the president's executive order.
Another controversial executive order Trump signed was one aiming to cut off birthright citizenship. Critics immediately pounced on Trump, arguing people born in the United States are granted citizenship under the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment even if their birth parents migrated here illegally.