16 States Drags Trump To Court Over Emergency Order To Fund Border Wall
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A total of 16 states have joined together in a lawsuit against President Trump’s emergency declaration to fund a multi-billion dollar wall across the Mexican border.
The lawsuit was filed in Federal District Court in San Francisco and claims that the president does not have power to divert funds because Congress controls spending, according to the California attorney general’s office.
The states which have signed on are all controlled by Democrats — including New York, California, Colorado, Delaware, Maryland, Oregon and others.
California attorney general Xavier Becerra claimed that the president is aware that his own declaration is not legally on solid ground.
“President Trump treats the rule of law with utter contempt,” Becerra said in a statement. “He knows there is no border crisis, he knows his emergency declaration is unwarranted, and he admits that he will likely lose this case in court.”
He added that Trump is “willing to manipulate the Office of the Presidency to engage in unconstitutional theatre performed to convince his audience that he is committed to his ‘beautiful’ border wall.”
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on Feb 19 2019. Filed under International, National.
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