The Hon. John Coughenour, a judge appointed by President Ronald Reagan, issued an order today blocking one of the President's executive orders revoking jus solis citizenship, or birthright citizenship.
In the United States, you are considered a citizen from birth if: You are born in the United States, in one of the US Territories, or when at a US Airport or docked at a US Port; or, one or both of your parents are US Citizens at your birth. The President's executive order revoked that first citizenship option, known as jus solis (or "right of the soil", as opposed to jus sanguis, "right of the blood").
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John C. Coughenour.
Technically a senior judge since 2006, Coughenour, age 83, was appointed to the US District Court for Western Washington by Ronald Reagan in 1981, and served as Chief Judge from 1997 to 2004.
He is a native of Pittsburgh, and a graduate of the University of Iowa College of Law ('66). Prior to serving as a judge, Coughenour worked as a litigator at Bogle and Gates, and has tought trial and appellate practice at UW School of Law.
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