It's Friday, January 24th.
I'm Jane Coston, and this is what a Day.
The show that is extremely disappointed that John Wick did not get an Oscar nomination.
Yes, John Wick came out in 2014.
Yes, John Wick is an action movie that contains like 30 words total, but it was still really good.
So I don't see the problem.
On today's show, Trump's Department of Justice puts a hold on new civil rights cases, and this year's Oscar nominations have been revealed.
But we start today with a common theme that we'll encounter over and over in the coming months.
Well, probably years.
President Donald Trump will issue an order that will be followed by America's judicial system weighing in on said order.
And on Thursday, Trump was dealt his first major legal blow tied to the shitstorm of executive orders he signed upon his return to the White House.
A federal judge temporarily blocked Trump's order to end birthright citizenship for the future children of some immigrants.
Not surprising, given that the century old right is quite literally written into the Constitution.
In blocking the order for 14 days, Seattle District Judge John Kunauer, a Reagan appointee, called Trump's order blatantly unconstitutional.
The judge hasn't issued a written order yet, but he reportedly told the federal government's lawyer, quote, I have difficulty understanding how a member of the bar would state unequivocally that this is a constitutional order.
It just boggles my mind.
Me, too.
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown said that the judge's comments highlighted the seriousness of the case.
In order to amend the United States Constitution, there is a pretty well laid out process to do that, and I think what the order today reinforces is that no one individual, not only not even the President of the United States, can simply erase what it means to amend the Constitution and the process therein.
The case is one of a few being brought by nearly two dozen states and various civil rights groups.