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(118,622 posts) Fri May 24, 2019, 11:38 PM May 2019

Judge Blocks Trump's Border-Wall Plans

Judge Blocks Trump’s Border-Wall Plans

May 24, 2019 at 10:54 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 19 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2019/05/24/judge-blocks-trumps-border-wall-plans/

"SNIP.....

“A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from moving forward on construction projects for a wall along the southern U.S. border with funds that Congress had not approved, the first ruling on the hot-button issue,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam in Oakland said President Trump’s plans to divert federal money to build a border wall, absent appropriations from Congress, exceeded the executive’s authority.”

.....SNIP"