BORDER/CALIFORNIA/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump took a swing at California on Tuesday [2-19-19] morning with tweets criticizing the state for leading the legal charge against his efforts to fund a southern border wall by declaring a national emergency…The president forecast legal challenges Friday [2-15-19] when he announced his use of emergency powers during a White House news conference, in which he called the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit ‘disgraceful.’ The West Coast court is home to some of the country’s most left-leaning jurists and a strategic spot for cases against the Trump administration. The lawsuit, which was filed Monday [2-18-19], calls the emergency declaration a ‘manufactured crisis’ structured to redirect federal dollars toward the construction of a border wall Trump has promised to build since his campaign. In his tweets, Trump also slammed California for its plans to build a high-speed rail train, a project that’s drawn national attention in recent weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom said in his State of the State address that construction of the full route — which would have connected San Francisco to Los Angeles — would not be feasible due to climbing costs and logistical challenges.”
–Katie Galioto, “Trump slams California for lawsuit against border emergency declaration,” Politico, February 19, 2019 9:32 am