Federal Judge Hands down Defeat for Democrats Trying to Stop Funding for the Border Wall
By The Blaze. A federal judge handed down a decision that was a defeat for Democrats attempting to block the funding re-direction towards construction of President Donald Trump’s border wall.
Democrats were upset that the president called a national emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border and then ordered funds to come from the military in order to work around the will of Congress. . .
Judge Trevor McFadden disagreed with the Democrats and sided with the Trump administration.
“This is a case about whether one chamber of Congress has the ‘constitutional means’ to conscript the Judiciary in a political turf war with the President over the implementation of legislation,” said McFadden in the judgement. “[W]hile the Constitution bestows upon Members of the House many powers, it does not grant them standing to hale the Executive Branch into court claiming a dilution of Congress’s legislative authority. (Read more from “Federal Judge Hands down Defeat for Democrats Trying to Stop Funding for the Border Wall” HERE)
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Judge Rejects Democrats’ Effort to Block Trump’s Border Emergency
By AXIOS. Context: Per the judge’s opinion, the House was attempting to block the administration “from spending certain funds to build a wall along our southern border. The House argues that this expenditure would violate the Appropriations Clause of the Constitution 2 and usurp Congress’s authority. This harm, the House suggests, constitutes an ‘institutional injury’ supporting Article III standing.”
The administration, meanwhile, argued that the court cannot intervene “because the Constitution grants the House no standing to litigate these claims.”
The judge sided with the administration, adding: “To be clear, the Court does not imply that Congress may never sue the Executive to protect its powers.” But he argues that House Democrats do not, in this case, overcome the constitutional burden to establish they have standing in this lawsuit.
(Read more from “Judge Rejects Democrats’ Effort to Block Trump’s Border Emergency” HERE)
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