beSpacific<p>District of Columbia is suing <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AttorneyGeneral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AttorneyGeneral</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Bondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bondi</span></a>, and others for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/unlawfully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unlawfully</span></a> taking control of the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> under a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/statute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>statute</span></a> that only permits limited emergency assistance for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> purposes. The suit seeks to block the takeover, arguing it exceeds legal authority, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/violates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>violates</span></a> the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a>, and strips D.C. of its <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SelfGovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfGovernance</span></a> <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/dffa7306-a784-46d3-9166-5a287150b464" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">substack.com/redirect/dffa7306</span><span class="invisible">-a784-46d3-9166-5a287150b464</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/martiallaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>martiallaw</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/nationalguard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nationalguard</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fbi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fbi</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/civilliberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civilliberties</span></a></p>