Supreme Court lifts block on Big Bend border wall construction
The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a key win on its emergency docket on Monday by lifting a lower court’s block on border wall construction in the Big Bend region of Texas.
TL;DR
- The Supreme Court lifted a lower court's block on border wall construction in the Big Bend region of Texas.
- U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone had blocked three waivers allowing for border wall construction.
- Environmental activists sued to halt construction in the region.
- The Trump administration had appealed to the Supreme Court to block the ruling.