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babylonsister

(171,056 posts)
Fri Feb 15, 2019, 07:50 AM Feb 2019

Trump's Emergency Declaration Will Face Many Lawsuits

https://politicalwire.com/2019/02/15/trumps-emergency-declaration-will-face-many-lawsuits/

Trump’s Emergency Declaration Will Face Many Lawsuits
February 15, 2019 at 6:12 am EST By Taegan Goddard


“If President Trump declares a national emergency to construct a wall on the southern border, only one thing is certain: There will be lawsuits. Lots of them. From California to Congress, the litigants will multiply,” the Washington Post reports.

“They will file suit in numerous jurisdictions — certainly within the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on the West Coast, in U.S. District Court in Washington and maybe even in New York. That’s been the pattern in the hundreds of lawsuits, many of them successful, brought against the Trump administration, the idea being that some judge somewhere will block the wall.”

New York Times: “As a matter of legal reality, the proposal is likely to be bogged down in a court challenge, leaving any actual construction work based on emergency powers spending an uncertain and, at best, distant prospect.”
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Trump's Emergency Declaration Will Face Many Lawsuits (Original Post) babylonsister Feb 2019 OP
Will the Federal Budget pay for Attorneys Fees? no_hypocrisy Feb 2019 #1
Yes - Trump is pursuing an illegal TrishaJ Feb 2019 #2

TrishaJ

(798 posts)
2. Yes - Trump is pursuing an illegal
Fri Feb 15, 2019, 09:47 AM
Feb 2019

land grab from Texas citizens and an $8B embezzlement from American taxpayers.

I don't believe this is about really building a wall. I believe it's about getting his hands on $8B, which a large portion will end up in his pocket. Follow the money. He is desperate.

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