Colorado sues Trump over Space Command move, calls relocation unconstitutional

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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 threatened billions in economic losses. Trump announced the move Sept. 2, 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 problem 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 CRACKDOWN The 21-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 claims 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 claims the move would cost thousan…