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Supreme Court lets Trump administration resume Big Bend border wall construction
In a four-page unsigned opinion on Monday, the Supreme Court paused a federal judge's order that had halted border wall construction in the Big Bend region of southwestern Texas; only Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson would have denied the request. The justices said the government is "exceedingly likely to prevail" on its argument that the district judge could not hear the challengers' major-questions claim, and noted the delay costs nearly half a million dollars per day. The Court denied the administration's separate request for summary reversal.
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- SCOTUSblogSupreme Court allows Trump administration to continue border wall construction