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NEW: The ACLU has filed suit against Trump over the national emergency declaration and reprogramming of billions of dollars for border wall construction — they're representing the Sierra Club and Southern Border Communities Coalition. Complaint: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5744… 
This is the fourth lawsuit filed challenging Trump's national emergency declaration, and the second filed in the Northern District of California (the other two are in DC)
Why file in the Northern District of CA, versus the Southern District, which covers the border? The Sierra Club is headquartered in Oakland, the ACLU noted in a call with reporters about the case today
The ACLU's suit doesn't just challenge the use of military construction funds reprogrammed per the national emergency declaration — it also challenges the use of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund money and the DoD counter-drug program funds
On the first lawsuit filed late Friday: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil… Since then, lawsuits have been filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, a group of 16 Dem AGs, and now the ACLU. There's also a FOIA case filed by CREW re: legal opinions from DOJ re: emergency powers
