First lawsuit filed against Trump emergency declaration
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(Worthy News) – Liberal advocacy group Public Citizen on Friday filed the first lawsuit seeking to block President Trump’s national emergency declaration to allocate government funds for his proposed border wall.
The consumer rights think tank is suing on behalf of the Frontera Audubon Society and three landowners in South Texas who were told their land would be used to construct the barrier.
The lawsuit is expected to be the first of many challenging the declaration, which appropriated $8.1 billion for the wall. [ Source: The Hill (Read More…) ]
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