The potential abuses to such a precedent would be without number. As amusing as this is, one moment of thinking what this looks like in the hands of Tom Steyer with the next Obama should be enough to convince anyone of the foolishness of the principle. It would completely alter the form of government.
“The potential abuses to such a precedent would be without number.”
-—> I don’t think so. Congress already voted on the Secure Fence Act of 2006, and it was signed into law.
The only thing that is lacking in the mandate of Congress to build a wall is funding.
The article explains that the precedent has already been set.