Posted on 12/05/2020 4:21:48 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Edited on 12/05/2020 6:47:16 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
HOUSTON - A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a lower court was wrong to bar the Trump administration from taking $3.6 billion from military construction projects for a border wall.
A panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that El Paso County and the nonprofit Border Network for Human Rights did not have the standing to challenge President Donald Trump’s redirecting funds from more than 100 military construction projects, including a $20 million road project at a base located in the city. The appeals court found that neither the county nor the Border Network proved it was directly harmed by Trump’s move. The court reversed a December 2019 ruling by U.S. District Judge David Briones.
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And the 9th Circus Court continues on as the most overturned court in the land and probably the world.
You would think the left would cheer the wall on so they can use it to hem people in under their policies. Oh well.
Great news.
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