U.S. court lets House move forward with challenge to Trump's border wall
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - A federal appeals court handed a win to the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday, saying the Democratic-led chamber could proceed with a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's diversion of funds to pay for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Reversing a lower court judge, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said in a 3-0 decision that the House had legal standing to sue Trump for using money to build the wall that was appropriated by Congress for other purposes.
The case now returns to a lower court, where House Democrats will argue that diverting the funds violated the separation of powers doctrine laid out in the U.S. Constitution.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Justice, which argued for the administration in the case, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Dotard's beautiful wall.
The Mexicans have not paid for it but they do seem to 'own' it.
