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Judge bars Trump from using $2.5B in military funding to build border wall
By: The Associated Press
(PIC) In this April 5, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks as he visits a new section of the border wall with Mexico in Calexico, Calif. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
OAKLAND, Calif. — A federal judge on Friday prohibited President Donald Trump from tapping $2.5 billion in military funding to build high-priority segments of his prized border wall in California, Arizona and New Mexico.
Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. in Oakland acted in two lawsuits filed by California and by activists who contended that the money transfer was unlawful and that building the wall would pose environmental threats.
"All President Trump has succeeded in building is a constitutional crisis, threatening immediate harm to our state," said California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who led a 20-state coalition of attorneys general in one lawsuit.
The American Civil Liberties Union, which sued on behalf of Sierra Club and Southern Border Communities Coalition, praised the decision.
"This decision upholds the basic principle that the president has no power to spend taxpayer money without Congress' approval," said ACLU staff attorney Dror Ladin. "We will continue to defend this core principle of our democracy."
Speaking Saturday at a press conference marking the end of the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Trump called the decision "a disgrace."
"So we're immediately appealing it and we think we'll win the appeal," he went on to say. "There was no reason that that should have happened. And a lot of wall is being built."
The decisions are in line with Gilliam’s ruling last month that blocked work from beginning on two of the highest-priority projects — one spanning 46 miles (74 kilometers) in New Mexico and another covering 5 miles (8 kilometers) in Yuma, Arizona.
But the fight is far from over. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to take up the same issue of using military money next week.
At issue is President Donald Trump’s February declaration of a national emergency so that he could divert $6.7 billion from military and other sources to begin construction of the wall, which could have begun as early as Monday.
By: The Associated Press
Trump declared the emergency after losing a fight with the Democratic-led House that led to a 35-day government shutdown.
The president identified $3.6 billion from military construction funds, $2.5 billion from Defense Department counterdrug activities and $600 million from the Treasury Department’s asset forfeiture fund.
Judge bars Trump from using $2.5B in military funding to build border wall
By: The Associated Press
(PIC) In this April 5, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks as he visits a new section of the border wall with Mexico in Calexico, Calif. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
OAKLAND, Calif. — A federal judge on Friday prohibited President Donald Trump from tapping $2.5 billion in military funding to build high-priority segments of his prized border wall in California, Arizona and New Mexico.
Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. in Oakland acted in two lawsuits filed by California and by activists who contended that the money transfer was unlawful and that building the wall would pose environmental threats.
"All President Trump has succeeded in building is a constitutional crisis, threatening immediate harm to our state," said California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who led a 20-state coalition of attorneys general in one lawsuit.
The American Civil Liberties Union, which sued on behalf of Sierra Club and Southern Border Communities Coalition, praised the decision.
"This decision upholds the basic principle that the president has no power to spend taxpayer money without Congress' approval," said ACLU staff attorney Dror Ladin. "We will continue to defend this core principle of our democracy."
Speaking Saturday at a press conference marking the end of the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Trump called the decision "a disgrace."
"So we're immediately appealing it and we think we'll win the appeal," he went on to say. "There was no reason that that should have happened. And a lot of wall is being built."
The decisions are in line with Gilliam’s ruling last month that blocked work from beginning on two of the highest-priority projects — one spanning 46 miles (74 kilometers) in New Mexico and another covering 5 miles (8 kilometers) in Yuma, Arizona.
But the fight is far from over. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to take up the same issue of using military money next week.
At issue is President Donald Trump’s February declaration of a national emergency so that he could divert $6.7 billion from military and other sources to begin construction of the wall, which could have begun as early as Monday.
By: The Associated Press
Trump declared the emergency after losing a fight with the Democratic-led House that led to a 35-day government shutdown.
The president identified $3.6 billion from military construction funds, $2.5 billion from Defense Department counterdrug activities and $600 million from the Treasury Department’s asset forfeiture fund.
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District Court judges should only be able to rule on things within the jurisdiction of their district. The fact that they can rule on anything nationwide (outside of their jurisdiction) is an abomination. Nobody else gets to do that in any other branch of government.
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In my view, SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL, Our Commander in Chief and President of the United States of America should have every right to use funds allocated for military projects to be reallocated based on the importance of any task so deemed to be important to the extent of a crises! This President has been crippled at every turn by the idiots who do not understand the crisis needs of OUR Country!
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
Sgt (Join to see) just insane madness from within the government.
Maj Marty Hogan SGT (Join to see) SPC Margaret Higgins SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth CW5 Jack CardwellCOL Mikel J. Burroughs CPL Dave Hoover Lt Col Charlie Brown Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SCPO Morris Ramsey TSgt Joe C. PVT Mark Zehner Capt Dwayne Conyers PO1 Tony Holland SGT James Murphy PO3 Bob McCord PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Byron Howard Sr Samantha S.
Maj Marty Hogan SGT (Join to see) SPC Margaret Higgins SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth CW5 Jack CardwellCOL Mikel J. Burroughs CPL Dave Hoover Lt Col Charlie Brown Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SCPO Morris Ramsey TSgt Joe C. PVT Mark Zehner Capt Dwayne Conyers PO1 Tony Holland SGT James Murphy PO3 Bob McCord PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Byron Howard Sr Samantha S.
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL In my view, as a former Democrat, the problem lies with the radical left wing Dems in both the House & Senate... The crises could have been solved in short order, but the Dems won't budge because they want to increase the voters by converting Illegals into Democrat voters...
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