Supreme Court declines to stop Trump border wall construction
(Worthy News) – The Supreme Court declined on Friday to stop the Trump administration from constructing parts of the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The 5-4 decision on ideological lines is a loss to environmental groups, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, who asked the high court to revisit its decision last year to block an injunction that would halt the construction after a panel of judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision in June that President Trump unlawfully obtained funding by diverting money from the military.
The high court’s four liberal justices dissented, saying construction be put to a stop while legal challenges play out. “The Court’s decision to let construction continue nevertheless I fear, may operate, in effect, as a final judgment,” Justice Stephen Breyer wrote in a dissent. [ Source: Washington Examiner (Read More…) ]