Appeals Court Blocks Donald Trump’s Emergency Border-Wall Spending

Washington: A federal appeals court in San Francisco blocked US President Donald Trump’s plan to shift $2.5 billion from the military budget to erect a border wall, saying that attempt to divert money appeared to be a violation of federal law and the Constitution’s delegation to Congress of the power to appropriate funds. Rejecting administration arguments that the public interest necessitated such spending, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said on Wednesday that those aims are “best served by respecting the Constitution’s assignment of the power of the purse to Congress, and by deferring to Congress’ understanding of the public interest as reflected in its repeated denial of more funding for border barrier construction”. The Justice Department didn’t respond to a request for comment. (IANS)

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