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New York Daily News

Editorial: Trump vs. the Constitution: States' lawsuit challenging the border wall emergency declaration looks strong

The legal challenge by 16 state attorneys general of President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration to fund his border wall is as solid as steel-reinforced concrete.

Under the Constitution, Congress appropriates funds. The President, the AGs argue, can't use a "manufactured crisis" to unilaterally redirect money intended for "drug interdiction, military construction and law enforcement initiatives."

Bring on the rulings, so the president can bitterly attack the judiciary.

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