Ruling from the bench, Laplante granted a request from immigration rights attorneys to certify a nationwide class that “will be comprised only of those deprived of citizenship” and issued a preliminary injunction indefinitely blocking Trump’s Day One order from being enforced against any baby born after February 20.

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Div. Three of the Fourth District Court of Appeal has held that a trial judge erred in giving effect to a notarized document providing that the signer “hereby revoke[s] all estate planning documents I have previously executed,” finding that the stand-alone page fails to qualify as a revocation of the decedent’s prior will under the strict demands of the Probate Code governing cancellation.