Supreme Court nixes challenge to Trump's border wall funding, tells lower court to 'vacate its judgments' and reconsider

By The Blaze —— Bio and Archives October 6, 2021

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The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a lower court to "vacate its judgments" against a Trump administration plan to use billions of dollars in diverted Department of Defense funds to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The order involves the use of $3.6 billion in diverted Pentagon funds for border wall construction initially prescribed by former President Donald Trump under a national emergency declaration after efforts stalled to secure congressional funding for the project. The move prompted fury and legal challenges from environmental groups, including the Sierra Club, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).-- More...