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Supreme Court: Big Bend challengers ask the justices to keep the halt on border-wall construction in place

Published 5:00 PM CT, Thursday, October 29, 2026 · Updated 5:13 PM CT
In the 5 PM CT update

Groups challenging border-wall construction in Texas's Big Bend region filed a 40-page response Thursday urging the justices to leave in place U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone's order halting the work, SCOTUSblog reported. Cardone found the challengers likely to win on the major questions doctrine, while Solicitor General D. John Sauer argues Congress clearly authorized the Homeland Security secretary to build barriers and waive laws to speed construction.

• Supreme Court
• Border wall
• Big Bend
• Texas
• Emergency docket
• Major questions doctrine
• D. John Sauer
• Kathleen Cardone
• Homeland Security
• Immigration
• United States