October 13, 2020
A Ninth Circuit majority ruled that President Donald Trump can't use emergency powers to divert $3.6 billion in defense funding for Southern border wall construction projects, finding that the projects don't support the U.S. armed forces as required by law.
May 20, 2020
The Sierra Club has told the Ninth Circuit that a recent ruling blocking the federal government from pushing its immigration policies on sanctuary cities through a grant program supports the group's position that the Trump administration can't unilaterally transfer money for southern border wall construction.
March 10, 2020
The Trump administration urged the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to overturn a lower court's ruling blocking the reallocation of $3.6 billion in military construction funds to build a wall on the southern border, arguing that the president has the authority to move such funds during a national emergency.