Trump's spending for border wall rejected by U.S. appeals court

In a pair of 2-1 decisions, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the White House lacked constitutional authority for the transfer, noting that Congress had denied the funding and finding no "unforeseen military requirement" to justify it. The court also said California and New Mexico, which share a border with Mexico and were among 20 states suing the government, had legal standing to sue. Chief Judge Sidney Thomas said "the Executive Branch's failure to show, in concrete terms, that the public interest favors a border wall is particularly significant given that Congress determined fencing to be a lower budgetary priority and the Department of Justice's own data points to a contrary conclusion."

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