CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE, and ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND v. MARK ESPER, LIEUTENANT GENERAL TODD T. SEMONITE and CHAD WOLF

The Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, and the Animal Legal Defense Fund have filed suit against the Trump administration, challenging the diversion of funds toward constructing a border wall. The complaint alleges violation of the 2020 Consolidated Appropriations Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, the Appropriations Clause, and the separation of powers and non-delegation doctrine. [To accompany Federal Case Law Update "Organizations Again Challenge Diversion of Funds to Border Wall" from Brooks Animal Law Digest Issue No. 31.]