Trump's 'National Emergency' Has Already Become a Legal Nightmare

Legal challenges to President Trump’s national emergency declaration are starting to pile up. Days after multiple advocacy groups filed lawsuits challenging the president’s “national emergency,” 16 states have sued the Trump administration over the president’s scheme to use executive privilege to build a border wall without the approval of Congress. The suit was orchestrated by California, and filed in the U.S. District Court for the North District of the state.

“Today, on Presidents Day, we take President Trump to court to block his misuse of presidential power,” California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a statement on Monday. “[Trump] is willing to manipulate the Office of the Presidency to engage in unconstitutional theater performed to convince his audience that he is committed to his ‘beautiful’ border wall. We’re suing President Trump to stop him from unilaterally robbing taxpayer funds lawfully set aside by Congress for the people of our states.”

Trump responded Tuesday morning, attributing the lawsuit to “Open Border Democrats and the Radical Left” while attacking California for its sputtering high-speed rail project.

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Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon and Virginia are the 15 states that have joined California. Maryland is the only state on the suit with a Republican governor, although its attorney general is a Democrat.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-national-emergency-lawsuits-796208/