The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal by President Donald Trump's administration of a ruling that he overstepped his constitutional powers by diverting military funds to pay for his promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border
- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal by President Donald Trump's administration of a ruling that he overstepped his constitutional powers by diverting military funds to pay for his promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The border wall was a central 2016 campaign promise by Trump and is part of his 2020 re-election bid. In 2019, Trump's administration redirected $2.5 billion from military counter-narcotics programs for border wall construction in California, New Mexico and Arizona. U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam in Oakland, California ruled in May 2019 that the administration's use of the Pentagon funds for a border wall was unlawful. The judge also issued an injunction blocking the transfer of funds.
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