The US Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume border wall construction in Texas, dealing a major blow to environmental challengers.
The Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a significant border-security victory Monday, allowing his administration to resume construction of barriers and related infrastructure in Texas’ Big Bend region.
In an unsigned 8-1 decision in Mullin v. Friends of the Ruidosa Church, the justices stayed an injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone, a George W. Bush appointee, that had halted construction while opponents challenged the administration’s authority to bypass environmental and conservation laws.
Cardone questioned whether Congress had clearly authorized the government to waive numerous environmental requirements in an area accounting for a relatively small percentage of illegal border apprehensions.