Colorado sues Trump over Space Command move, calls relocation unconstitutional

Colorado has accused President Donald Trump of unconstitutionally retaliating against the state by ordering U S Space Command to move from Colorado Springs to Alabama punishment the complaint says for its mail-in voting system in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday The state alleges the relocation was politically driven violated constitutional limits on executive power and threatens billions in economic losses Trump stated the move Sept ending a yearslong fight over Space Command s home base The complaint cites him as saying Colorado s mail-in voting played a big factor in his decision The challenge I have with Colorado one of the big problems they do mail-in voting Trump is quoted as saying in the lawsuit They went to all mail-in voting so they have automatically crooked elections and we can t have that When a State is for mail-in voting that means they want dishonest elections because that s what that means TRUMP CAPS WEEK WITH BOLD MILITARY MOVES FROM PENTAGON NAME CHANGE TO CARTEL CRACKDOWNThe -page lawsuit names Trump the Defense and Air Force departments and their secretaries as defendants and seeks to block the move through a court order Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser indicates Trump s directive violates the Tenth Amendment the Elections Clause and the separation of powers by punishing a state for how it runs its elections Colorado has exercised its sovereign power to create and implement this voting system as the Constitution expressly provides and as the Framers envisioned the lawsuit reads Sovereignty means the freedom to choose regardless of the President s view about the wisdom efficacy or appropriateness of that judgment DC ATTORNEY GENERAL SUES TRUMP OVER NATIONAL GUARD 'INVOLUNTARY MILITARY OCCUPATION'The suit also alleges the Pentagon broke federal law by skipping required procedures and failing to notify Congress before relocating a major command Colorado insists the move would cost thousands of jobs billions in capital and billions more in taxpayer money to relocate an operational headquarters Agency Defendants are expeditiously moving forward to carry out the President s decision the complaint states quoting a Pentagon spokesperson who approved the shift to Huntsville Alabama ALABAMA LAWMAKERS HAIL TRUMP S SPACE COMMAND HQ DECISION AND WARN DELAYS IN MOVE DANGER SECURITYColorado s mail-in voting system enacted in lets voters cast ballots by mail at drop boxes or in person The filing calls it the gold standard for secure accessible elections and notes bipartisan promotion Coloradans love being able to vote from home one Republican lawmaker revealed earlier this year according to the complaint The state rejects Trump s declares of massive voter fraud or crooked elections saying its system includes strict assurance audits and paper-ballot safeguards Colorado and other similar States impose strenuous assurance requirements with detailed shield auditing to ensure free and fair elections according to the complaint The President s maintains that foreign countries and others print millions of illegal ballots is likewise thoroughly false President Trump s statements and beliefs on mail-in voting are completely untethered from the facts Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for comment U S Space Command created during Trump's first term in to oversee military operations in space was permanently based at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs under President Biden in The complaint argues Trump s reversal violates the constitutional balance of power which reserves referendum regulation to the states The President s decision thus offends the fundamental design of the Constitution in two avenues violating both federalism and separation-of-powers principles the lawsuit states If allowed to stand the President s action here would fundamentally alter the balance of power between the States and the federal administration the complaint says Future Presidents Republican and Democratic alike could use the same tactics to punish States Colorado is asking the court to declare Trump s order unconstitutional block the move and require federal agencies to follow procedural law The state also seeks reimbursement for legal fees