democratic attorneys general and groups like the american civil liberties union are announcing they will sue to stop the president. joining me now is the director of the aclu s national security project. thank you very much for being here this morning. you guys are just off of securing the victory for an american citizen who was unluflly detained without charges in iraq by the trump administration. so you guys are on a roll now versus the administration. give us help us understand the basis for your lawsuit now. i will read a little bit from your executive director anthony romero who said this is an illegal power grab that hurts american communities and flouts the checks and balances that are hallmarks of the democracy and we ll follow a lawsuit this week. explain what standing the aclu believes it has to be the filer of the lawsuit. thank you for having me, joy. standing is one thing we have considered and we ll make more details public this week. there is no national em