California Leads 20 States In Lawsuit Challenging Trump's Border Wall

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed a motion challenging Trump’s national emergency declaration to fund the wall.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/california-lawsuit-trump-border-wall_n_5ca78ecce4b047edf959e1ad

California is leading a coalition of 20 states in a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Californa Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced a motion for a preliminary injunction on Friday to block the Trump administration from diverting $1.6 billion from the Department of Defense and other earmarked funds to construct a wall at the border.“The Executive Branch’s power is not unlimited,” Becerra said in a statement, calling Trump’s attempt to fund a wall by declaring a national emergency “unconstitutional.”

Trump declared a national emergency in February after failing to obtain congressional support for a spending bill that would have included $5.7 billion in funding for a border wall. He signed a spending bill that included $1.375 billion for border security but then made the emergency declaration to go around the legislative branch, saying he needed billions more to start work on the barrier.

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Newsom and Becerra filed Friday’s motion in the Northern District of California as a follow-up to a February lawsuit challenging Trump’s national emergency declaration. Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai’i, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin join California in the lawsuit.

The filing comes a day after House leaders voted to authorize a lawsuit against Trump over his national emergency declaration.

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[Brother Buzz]

1. Governor Brown tapped Xavier Becerra specifically for this herculean task

Becerra is doing a fantastic job and the voters of California agree and gave him another four years to continue to protect California from the orange anus' administration.

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2. I'm damned grateful CO got rid of former RW AG, Cynthia Coffman (former wife of Mike Coffman)

and now can join in these multi-state lawsuits to fight back at Trump and his insanity.

We now have Democrat, Phil Weiser.

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3. One of Becerra's strengths is the networking he did during his tenure as a US congressman.

He's plugged in and is working seamlessly with other states.

Come, we have work to do.