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A federal judge on Tuesday ruled against an environmental challenge to President Trump’s border wall, delivering a win to the Trump administration in a decision that allows construction plans to move forward. In a 101-page ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel wrote that both Congress and the executive branch “share responsibilities in protecting the country from terrorists and contraband illegally entering at the borders.” The case involved the Trump administration’s ability to ignore environmental laws in the construction of the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The project had been challenged by several environmental groups and the state of California. The ruling will now allow the administration to issue waivers on environmental laws and build sections of the border wall. JUDGE WHO TRUMP CRITICIZED MAY DECIDE FATE OF BORDER WALL “Border security is paramount to stemming the flow of illegal immigration that contributes to rising violent crime and to the drug crisis, and undermines national security," DOJ spokesman Devin O'Malley said Tuesday. "Congress gave authority to the Department of Homeland Security to construct a border wall without delay to prevent illegal entry into the United States, and we are pleased DHS can continue this important work vital to our nation’s interests.” California Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued a statement saying his office “will evaluate all of our options and are prepared to do what is necessary to protect our people, our values, and our economy from federal overreach.” “A medieval wall along the U.S.-Mexico border simply does not belong in the 21st century,” Becerra said. Had Curiel ruled against Trump, he could have undermined the construction of barriers on unfenced portions of the border. The Trump administration was sued by the state of California back in September as part of its effort to block any construction of the border wall. Curiel is the federal judge who then-candidate Donald Trump once accused of being biased against him – due to Curiel’s Mexican ancestry – during the campaign. Curiel, whose parents emigrated from Mexico, was attacked by Trump in 2016. Trump said the judge held “tremendous hostility” against him in a lawsuit involving Trump University because of Curiel’s Mexican descent. Link Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | ||
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The Unmanned Writer |
That is good indeed. Now if a company would sue because they are denied county/city contracts because they also work on The Wall (and win the suit), that would be awesome. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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Political Cynic |
good news everyone  [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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Oriental Redneck |
Maybe the judge wanted to prove Trump wrong, just to spite him. Oh, wait. Q | |||
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| Mired in the Fog of Lucidity |
Good news! I like how the environmentalists are dead set against the wall but have no problem with illegals coming here in droves. | |||
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