英文早点丨0224_美国总统被告了！美16州联合起诉特朗普违宪！

在美国总统特朗普15日宣布国家紧急状态以获边境墙建设资金后，诉讼接踵而至，特朗普面临的这些法律挑战可能会减缓特朗普修建隔离墙的计划。在此之前，特朗普为了获取资金建造边境墙，不惜让美国政府停摆。15日当天，加州州长民主党人加文•纽森（Gavin Newsom）和加州总检察长贝塞拉就召开新闻发布会，宣布将对特朗普发起诉讼。他们称，特朗普制造了一个虚构的“紧急状态”，他的行为是对美国宪法和法治的蔑视，是一场政治作秀。

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.----Froude

A coalition of 16 states filed a federal lawsuit Monday to block President Trump’s plan to build a border wall without permission from Congress, arguing that the president’s decision to declare a national emergency is unconstitutional.

The complaint, filed by the attorneys general of nearly a third of the states and representing millions of Americans, immediately became the heavyweight among a rapid outpouring of opposition to the president’s emergency declaration.

In the White House Rose Garden on Friday, Trump announced he was instituting a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border because Congress did not provide enough money for a wall, that has stood as one of the most enduring promises from his 2016 campaign. Through the declared emergency, White House officials plan to use $8 billion to build sections of a barrier that Trump says will obstruct or deter migrants from crossing into the country.

文本选自 ：The Washington Post（华盛顿邮报）

作者 ：Amy Goldstein

原文标题 ： Coalition of states sues Trump over national emergency to build border wall

原文发布时间 ：18 Feb. 2019

coalition

英 [ˌkəʊəˈlɪʃn]     美 [ˌkoʊəˈlɪʃn]

• n. 联合;同盟;结合体;（两党或多党）联合政府

declare

英 [dɪˈkleə(r)]       美 [dɪˈkler]

• vt. 申报;宣布;声明，声称;[法]供述

• vi. 宣称;声明，发表宣言

attorney

英 [əˈtɜ:ni]         美 [əˈtɜ:rni]

• n. 律师;代理人

institute

英 [ˈɪnstɪtju:t]      美 [ˈɪnstɪtu:t]

• vt. 建立;制定;开始;着手

• n. 学院;协会;学会;（教育、专业等）机构

早起卡 ☞ 从经验中学习收效很慢，而且要以错误为代价。----弗路德

翻译卡 ☞ 美国16个州星期一联合提出联邦诉讼，要求阻止特朗普总统在未经国会批准的情况下修建边境墙的计划。他们认为特朗普总统宣布全国进入紧急状态的决定是违反宪法的。