Supreme Court Revives 517-Mile Big Bend Border Wall as Suit Over Waivers Continues
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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Nov 10
Supreme Court Revives 517-Mile Big Bend Border Wall as Suit Over Waivers Continues
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Nov 10
Summary
An unsigned Nov. 9 order let the Trump administration resume building roads and barriers in West Texas, lifting an El Paso judge’s injunction while the Big Bend lawsuit continues.
The court said Congress showed a “clear preference for expeditious border construction” and that the administration was exceedingly likely to win its argument that the dispute was statutory, not constitutional.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the only publicly noted dissenter, while environmental plaintiffs said the ruling could allow bulldozing and blasting before courts decide whether the project is lawful.
Big Bend covers 517 miles—more than a quarter of the U.S.-Mexico border—but has the fewest apprehensions of any Southwest border sector, a key point in the challenge to waived environmental rules.