19 states sue the Trump administration over border wall money shift

[Elderberry]

Politico By CONNOR O’BRIEN 3/3/2020

Nineteen states are going to court to stop the Trump administration from diverting billions of dollars from the military toward a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

The lawsuit says diverting billions from defense programs in the states, including from National Guard accounts, "will cause damage to their economies, harming their proprietary interests." The states also argue that the diversion of money already allocated by lawmakers toward a border wall violates Congress' appropriation powers.

The states involved in the lawsuit are: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin.

More: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/03/states-sue-trump-administration-border-wall-119806

[libertybele]

Peachy.  All the libtard states.   

[IsailedawayfromFR]

It is a military endeavor as it is an invasion on our soil.

Use the money to build a wall or firing bullets, makes no difference to me.

Just needs to be done.

[mortarman]

This lawsuit is illegal. Under Wisconsin State Law, the Wisconsin Attorney General must aks permission from the Wisconsin State Legislature before filing or joining any lawsuits against the Federal Government. Josh Kaul never did so.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Considering that under the Constitution, originally, every State provided for its own Militia, not one funded by (nor controlled by) the Federal Government, the National Guard is part of the Federal Military and funded as such. 

In short, that funding is at the discretion of the Feds.

However, I would wager that each of these States spends far more due to the ongoing invasion, in Law enforcement costs, prisons, social program money, housing subsidies, and other aid programs than the cut from the National Guard budget will be.

Money is fungible. Quit being sanctuaries for invaders (that's expensive), and apply the savings the invaders have been costing to the local branch of the National Guard yourselves.