EXCERPT:
SCHEINDLIN: “Yes, there’s truth to that. And if I were a sitting judge, I would have issued a nationwide injunction because this executive order is blatantly unconstitutional. It simply conflicts with the language of the 14th Amendment, Section I, which says, if you give birth here, the person who’s born is a citizen. It’s that simple. So it’s kind of a shame that we don’t have that protection now, but a lot can happen when it goes back to the lower court. This decision didn’t exactly vacate the order. It said it has to be narrowed. It has to be narrowed in a way that makes it applicable to give complete relief. And I’m sure the Attorney General is going to say, in order to have complete relief, we need it to be across borders and the individuals will certainly say, has to apply throughout this state. So I think there’s room to see what will develop when it goes back to the lower court.”