Motion for Summary Judgment in Lawsuit against President's National Emergency Declaration
ByProtect Democracy
April 26, 2019, 01:48:14 PM
On April 26, 2019 – Protect Democracy and the other co-counsel for Plaintiffs filed a motion for summary judgment in El Paso County & Border Network for Human Rights v. President Trump et al. The Plaintiffs are asking the Court to issue an injunction to block the unlawful emergency declaration, which has already resulted in concrete harm and threatens additional imminent harm if allowed to remain in place.
Statement of Kristy Parker, Counsel for Protect Democracy and co-counsel for Plaintiffs: “The President of the United States has limited Constitutional powers and is not a king. Declaring a national emergency under false pretenses to override Congress’s refusal to build a border is an authoritarian power grab. Members of the border community are already suffering because of the President’s unconstitutional action. We feel confident the Court will act swiftly to check the President’s abuse of power.”
Statement of David Bookbinder, Chief Counsel for the Niskanen Center and co-counsel for Plaintiffs: “American democracy relies upon the separation of powers. When the President tries to usurp the role of Congress and undermine our system of checks and balances, as he did when he issued this emergency declaration, it puts everyone’s liberty at risk. We believe the Court will vindicate the principle that the powers of the President are limited.”
Statement of Laurence Tribe, Carl M. Loeb University Professor and Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School, and co-counsel for Plaintiffs: “The Plaintiffs have provided more than enough evidence to warrant a favorable judgment. The President engaged in multiple statutory and constitutional violations in order to declare a contrived national emergency. Now 800,000 members of the border community and thousands of U.S. military troops are burdened with an “emergency” that even the President has admitted wasn’t necessary. I trust the Court will uphold its duty to restrict the President’s powers to their constitutional limits” ...
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