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Posted on: March 22, 2025 at 21:09:30 CT
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John Coughenour
Coughenour, a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, was nominated to the federal bench in 1981 by President Ronald Reagan. He has a reputation for being a tough judge and has presided over high-profile cases, including the trial of Ahmed Ressam, the "millennium bomber" who was convicted of plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport on New Year's Eve in 1999.
Coughenour was the first judge to block Trump's executive order denying birthright citizenship to the children of people living in the U.S. illegally, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional" in a lawsuit brought by four states.