SIXTEEN states – led by California – are suing in federal court to block President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency in order to fund the construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border (Shutterstock).
Sixteen states – including California – are joining in a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s plan to declare a national emergency in order to provide funding for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Led by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, the states filed the lawsuit Monday in the U.S. District Court for Northern California.
Other lawsuits – including one from the American Civil Liberties Union – are expected.
The national emergency plan would pull $2.5 million from military funding to fight trading in illegal narcotics traffic and $3.6 billion in military construction.
Congress can block a national emergency declaration, but the president can veto that. It takes a two-thirds majority of both houses to override a presidential veto.