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Tuesday, December 04, 2018

Supreme Court Turns Down Challenge To The Border Wall

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a challenge to President Donald Trump’s border wall Monday, which asserted that the administration violated the Constitution when it exempted border barrier projects from environmental regulations.

The plaintiffs warn of adverse effects to local ecosystems should the administration raise a wall along the border with Mexico.

“It’s disappointing that the Supreme Court won’t consider this important constitutional issue,” Brian Segee, a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), told The Daily Caller News Foundation by email. “Trump has abused his power to wreak havoc along the border to score political points. He’s illegally sweeping aside bedrock environmental and public health laws. We’ll continue to fight Trump’s dangerous wall in the courts and in Congress.”

A 1996 law authorized the attorney general (and later the Homeland Security secretary) to build border barriers to deter illegal immigration. In that connection, the law gave the Department of Homeland Security secretary power to exempt certain border projects from environmental laws like the Endangered Species Act, as well as other legal rules, to ensure quick construction.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's what gives environmentist a bad name. Really what eco will Trump's administration be destoying. Rats from garbage leftover from the caravan. Or would it be lice. CBD get real.

Anonymous said...

FN Treasonous.

Anonymous said...

We need a Civil War.

Anonymous said...

There you go Mr. Roberts. You are wrong again. You be working with Trump judges now. lol

Anonymous said...

This post needs to be up top all day.