16 states file lawsuit to stop Trump using emergency powers to fund wall


WASHINGTON, 19 Feb. - (ANA) - A group of 16 states led by California and New York filed a lawsuit to stop President Trump from using emergency powers to fund a border wall.

The lawsuit is part of a constitutional confrontation that Mr. Trump set off on Friday when he declared that he would spend billions of dollars more on border barriers than Congress had granted him. The clash raises questions over congressional control of spending, the scope of emergency powers granted to the president, and how far the courts are willing to go to settle such a dispute.

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