Archived Supreme court allows military funds to be used to build the wall (breitbart.com)
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Archived Supreme court allows military funds to be used to build the wall (breitbart.com)
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[–] grace8 ago (edited ago)
There are 20 State sponsored lawsuits opposing the wall that still have to be settled. I'm not sure if any of the border states don't have an opposing lawsuit. And then there is the H of Representatives that either has sued or will sue. Politico has a breakdown here:
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/26/trump-border-wall-supreme-court-1437894
Edit: it looks like Trump can build until one of those 20 lawsuits or the House asks for a stay based on a different reason. I suspect that if there is another reason, as politico article suggests, that they will file very soon as they would have been prepared in case the court ruled against the stay. They may have even saved their best argument for later.
[–] MolochHunter [S] ago
i though the purpose of a supreme court ruling was that it over-rides State rulings
[–] grace8 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Sorry MH! I really wish we were finished with lawsuits.
They ruled on a stay brought by the justice department. They did not rule on all the other 20 lawsuits brought by individual states. Those suits will have to work their way up to the Supreme court.
Correction. If the case uses the same argument then the judge will rule against them using the precedent made today by the supremes but they just have to find a different argument. How many different legal arguments against the use of these funds and the building of the wall?
[–] DawnPendraig ago
I think it's all theatre. Not gonna be a cmear victory until he needs to gather momentum for 2020. Sucks but I see how he has to play this game, it is life and death and cannot be rushed.