WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency to divert billions of dollars from the Pentagon for a border wall faces its first courtroom test Friday in Oakland, California.
Operating under its emergency declaration, the administration put together a plan for spending about $6 billion dollars, mostly from the Pentagon budget. Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has told Congress the money would build 256 miles of border wall, with 63 of them completed by the end of the year.
The Sierra Club further says the wall would cause irreversible environmental damage."Endangered species could disappear from our southern border, while fragile landscapes are decimated by this destructive and pointless vanity project," says Gloria Smith, the group's managing attorney. As for whether the president is spending money beyond his authority, the government notes that Congress has already approved $1.375 for border wall construction. And the government says any dispute on this question is between Congress and the White House, so outside parties like the Sierra Club have no legal right to bring this challenge.
Wow PeteWilliamsNBC 3 paragraphs supporting one side's arguments. 1 paragraph for the other. Getting closer NBC News. You'll be a big boy paper one of these days!
We need this help are you blind.
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He is the Commander in Chief, no?
How do Californians rule over country. Hmm
Oh me! Me! Me!
This action by the executive is ridiculous. It undermines the role of Congress and its role as the allocator of federal monies which is explicitly stated in the Constitution.
Well, do we want bombs or a wall? Which is more humane?
Fake national emergency....smfh he cant prove any kind of emergency.
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