President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship is "blatantly unconstitutional," a federal judge said Thursday, temporarily blocking it nationwide, multiple outlets reported. The big picture: The decision came a day after the president offered his first defense of the order,

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.

A federal judge Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order outlawing birthright citizenship —the policy automatically giving citizenship to anyone born in the U.S.—and declared it “blatantly unconstitutional,” as legal experts widely believe the president does not have the power to change the policy on his own.