The 9th, eh? The one Trump hates.A federal judge on Thursday rejected the Trump administration's request to start using diverted military funds to build a wall on the southern border while officials appeal the judge's prior ruling blocking them from using those funds for wall construction.
California U.S. District Court Judge Haywood Gilliam, an Obama appointee, had on Friday issued a preliminary injunction that stopped President Trump from using some diverted Department of Defense funding. On Thursday Gilliam again decided against administration officials who sought to pause his previous ruling.
Gilliam made Thursday's ruling in a written order, and did not issue an opinion along with it.
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“The Constitution is clear that the president has no power to spend taxpayer money without Congressional authorization," ACLU staff attorney Dror Ladin said in a statement after Gilliam's order on Thursday. "It is not surprising the court upheld this bedrock principle of our democracy — as courts have for centuries.”
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Administration officials had in a filing on Wednesday requested the stay while they appeal Gilliam's ruling, asking that the judge either immediately reject their request or make a ruling by June 5.
The officials said that they will appeals their case to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Hill
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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