{"id":35709,"date":"2020-08-02T19:20:49","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T19:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/08\/02\/supreme-court-wont-halt-challenged-border-wall-projects-that-use-dod-funds\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:02:16","slug":"supreme-court-wont-halt-challenged-border-wall-projects-that-use-dod-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/08\/02\/supreme-court-wont-halt-challenged-border-wall-projects-that-use-dod-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court won\u2019t halt challenged border wall projects that use DoD funds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Supreme Court declined by a 5-4 vote Friday to halt the Trump administration\u2019s construction of portions of the border wall with Mexico following a recent lower court ruling that the administration improperly diverted money to the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The court\u2019s four liberal justices dissented, saying they would have prohibited construction while a court challenge continues, after a federal appeals court ruled in June that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/06\/26\/appeals-court-trump-wrongly-diverted-25-billion-in-milcon-funds-for-border-wall\/\" target=_blank>the administration had illegally sidestepped Congress<\/a> in transferring the Defense Department funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Court\u2019s decision to let construction continue nevertheless I fear, may operate, in effect, as a final judgment,\u201d Justice Stephen Breyer wrote in a brief dissent for the four liberals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friday\u2019s order means the court is not likely even to consider the substance of the issue until after the November election, while work on the wall continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/07\/28\/in-confirmation-hearing-northcom-nominee-talks-border-mission-and-military-force-against-civil-unrest\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18324832047482.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">In confirmation hearing, NORTHCOM nominee talks border mission and military force against civil unrest<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Air Force Lt. Gen. Glenn VanHerck said troops should be a &quot;last resort&quot; against protesters.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last summer, at an earlier stage in the case, the justices also split 5-4 along ideological lines to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/09\/11\/450-miles-of-pentagon-funded-border-wall-by-next-year-in-arizona-it-starts\/\" target=_blank>allow the administration to begin construction<\/a> using $2.5 billion in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/01\/16\/heres-how-much-border-wall-has-been-built-with-the-militarys-money\/\" target=_blank>Defense Department funds<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That allowed President Donald Trump to make progress on a major 2016 campaign promise heading into his race for a second term. The administration wanted to use the money to replace a total of 129 miles (208 kilometers) of rundown or outdated fencing in New Mexico, Arizona and California. As of mid-July, 92 miles (148 kilometers) have been completed according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the latest appeals court ruling, the wall\u2019s challengers returned to the high court to ask that construction be halted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Trump administration opposed the request and said it would file paperwork in August asking the Supreme Court to hear arguments in the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The case has its origins in the 35-day partial government shutdown that started in December of 2018. Trump ended the shutdown after Congress gave him approximately $1.4 billion in border wall funding, but that was far less than the $5.7 billion he was seeking. Trump then declared a national emergency to take cash from other government accounts to use to construct sections of wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time, the money Trump identified included $2.5 billion in Defense Department money, $3.6 billion from military construction funds and $600 million from the Treasury Department\u2019s asset forfeiture fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/02\/13\/why-this-could-be-the-last-year-the-pentagon-pays-for-the-border-wall\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5537644.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Why this could be the last year the Pentagon pays for the border wall<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Pentagon has so far chipped in almost $10 billion for the wall&#039;s construction.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The case before the Supreme Court involved just the $2.5 billion in Defense Department funds. 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