SUPREME COURT TURNS DOWN CHALLENGE TO THE BORDER WALL

(The Daily Caller) The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a challenge to President Donald Trumps border wall Monday which asserted that the administration violated the Constitution when it exempted border barrier projects from environmental regulations. The plaintiffs warn of adverse effects to local ecosystems should the administration raise a wall along the border with Mexico. Its disappointing that the Supreme Court wont consider this important constitutional issue" Brian Segee a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) told The Daily Caller News Foundation by email. Trump has abused his power to wreak havoc along the border to score political points. Hes illegally sweeping aside bedrock environmental and public health laws. Well continue to fight Trumps dangerous wall in the courts and in Congress." A 1996 law authorized the attorney general (and later the Homeland Security secretary) to build border barriers to deter illegal immigration. In that connection the law gave the Department of Homeland Security secretary power to exempt certain border projects from environmental laws like the Endangered Species Act as well as other legal rules to ensure quick construction.