BY JOE KELLY
Sixteen states filed a lawsuit Monday against President Trump's national state of emergency and attempt to allocate billions of dollars toward border security without congressional approval, according to the New York Times.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the complaint accuses Trump for showing disregard for the separation of powers and unnecessarily declaring a national state of emergency. The complaint argues that only Congress has the power to apply federal funds to the U.S.-Mexico border, according to the New York Times.
The complaint was filed by California as the states of Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Virginia joined the suit, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The suit argues that Trump admitted himself that he did not need to declare a national state of emergency, the Wall Street Journal reported. "I could have done the wall over a longer period of time," Trump said on Friday. "I didn't need to do this, but I'd rather do it much faster."
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