In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has denied a request to halt construction of the border wall over funding.
The Justices left in place a stay order that allows the Trump administration to redirect some $2.5 billion in Pentagon funds to build the president’s border wall.
In a dissenting opinion, Justice Breyer whined about the court’s refusal to lift the stay, calling it in effect “a final judgment” since the section of the wall in question may very well be constructed by the time the legal challenges are adjudicated. The court’s other liberals, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, and Sonia Sotomayor also dissented.