Judge tosses House Democrats' suit over Trump emergency money for border wall

[tycho1572]

Another win for Trump!!


Washington, D.C., district court Judge Trevor McFadden threw out House Democrats' lawsuit seeking an injunction against President Trump's emergency border wall funding reallocation, saying that the matter is fundamentally a political dispute and that the politicians lack standing to make a legal case.

Trump had declared a national emergency this past February over the humanitarian crisis at the southern border, following Congress' failure to fund his border wall legislatively. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and House Democrats then filed suit in April, charging that Trump was "stealing from appropriated funds” by moving $6.7 billion from other projects toward border wall construction.

Democrats argued that the White House had "flouted the fundamental separation-of-powers principles and usurped for itself legislative power specifically vested by the Constitution in Congress."

But, in his ruling, McFadden, a Trump appointee, suggested Democrats were trying to circumvent the political process.

Judge tosses House Dems' lawsuit over Trump's use of emergency military funds for border wall

Democrats are slowly losing the fight.

 

[airplanemechanic]

Oh let me get a tissue now, there will be some crying over this.

 

[dudmuck]

which step are we at?

 

[BluesLegend]

Courts tell Dem's to STFU

 

[TNHarley]

A judge stopped progress. And rightly so.
It is an abuse of power.
Not sure what the big deal is here.

 

[Wry Catcher]

which step are we at?

Well worth repeating!

 

[DJT for Life]

which step are we at?

We are at the step where our Judges outnumber your judges and ours have more standing.

Ironic that in just 3 days President Trump will be at Normandy as American Paratroopers launch a massive airborne jump recreating
the Airborne Assault on Hitler's Atlantic Wall in 1944, while we get the go back here in the States to create our Southern Wall.

 

[easyt65]

Funny how snowflakes are only I'm with a Obama appointee judge's ruling...


LOL

 

[Thinker101]

which step are we at?

We're at that step where you whine like a 2 year old. Different day, same whine.

 

[Kondor3]

Good.

Personally, I think The Wall is a dumb idea.

Far better to turn the screws on those who traffick-in or employ or house or otherwise incentivize Illegals and their handlers.

Trouble is, we're never, ever going to turn those screws, so...

To hell with it... build the goddamned Wall, and...

To hell with the goddamned LibTards who are going to howl at the moon and foam at the mouth over it...

America is sick of Liberals standing alongside Illegal Aliens rather than their own fellow countrymen...

Every court decision that bitch-slaps the Democratic position on the subject of Illegal Immigration is another victory for America.

 

[TNHarley]

Good.

Personally, I think The Wall is a dumb idea.

Far better to turn the screws on those who traffick-in or employ or house or otherwise incentivize Illegals and their handlers.

Trouble is, we're never, ever going to turn those screws, so...

To hell with it... build the goddamned Wall, and...

To hell with the goddamned LibTards who are going to howl at the moon and foam at the mouth over it...

America is sick of Liberals standing alongside Illegal Aliens rather than their own fellow countrymen...

Every court decision that bitch-slaps the Democratic position on the subject of Illegal Immigration is another victory for America.

I'm with you logically but not legally.

 

[dudmuck]

which step are we at?

We are at the step where our Judges outnumber your judges and ours have more standing.

Ironic that in just 3 days President Trump will be at Normandy as American Paratroopers launch a massive airborne jump recreating
the Airborne Assault on Hitler's Atlantic Wall in 1944, while we get the go back here in the States to create our Southern Wall.

All judges need to follow the constitution, which states that the house has the power of the purse.

"the House lacked legal standing to sue the president for allegedly overstepping his power"

So if the house cannot stop the president in any way from overstepping his power then doesn't that mean that America is legit ripe for a dictatorship?

Trevor N. McFadden - Wikipedia
On June 7, 2017, President Trump nominated McFadden to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, to the seat vacated by Judge Richard J. Leon, who took senior status on December 31, 2016.
...has been a member of the Federalist Society since 2003.

 

[DJT for Life]

which step are we at?

We are at the step where our Judges outnumber your judges and ours have more standing.

Ironic that in just 3 days President Trump will be at Normandy as American Paratroopers launch a massive airborne jump recreating
the Airborne Assault on Hitler's Atlantic Wall in 1944, while we get the go back here in the States to create our Southern Wall.

All judges need to follow the constitution, which states that the house has the power of the purse.

"the House lacked legal standing to sue the president for allegedly overstepping his power"

So if the house cannot stop the president in any way from overstepping his power then doesn't that mean that America is legit ripe for a dictatorship?

Trevor N. McFadden - Wikipedia
On June 7, 2017, President Trump nominated McFadden to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, to the seat vacated by Judge Richard J. Leon, who took senior status on December 31, 2016.
...has been a member of the Federalist Society since 2003.

No. What it means is the first judge was in 10 feet over his head.

The Military has a 1.5 Billion dollar budget for Drug interdiction. If the Military believes that using that money to assist building a wall to
keep drugs out of the Country, then they can do that. It is in their budget, and the money was allocated by Congress.

 

[dudmuck]

which step are we at?

We are at the step where our Judges outnumber your judges and ours have more standing.

Ironic that in just 3 days President Trump will be at Normandy as American Paratroopers launch a massive airborne jump recreating
the Airborne Assault on Hitler's Atlantic Wall in 1944, while we get the go back here in the States to create our Southern Wall.

All judges need to follow the constitution, which states that the house has the power of the purse.

"the House lacked legal standing to sue the president for allegedly overstepping his power"

So if the house cannot stop the president in any way from overstepping his power then doesn't that mean that America is legit ripe for a dictatorship?

Trevor N. McFadden - Wikipedia
On June 7, 2017, President Trump nominated McFadden to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, to the seat vacated by Judge Richard J. Leon, who took senior status on December 31, 2016.
...has been a member of the Federalist Society since 2003.

No. What it means is the first judge was in 10 feet over his head.

The Military has a 1.5 Billion dollar budget for Drug interdiction. If the Military believes that using that money to assist building a wall to
keep drugs out of the Country, then they can do that. It is in their budget, and the money was allocated by Congress.

DoD drug interdiction funds shouldn’t be used for border wall construction.

They only have $85 million for that drug program.
Most drugs come thru port of entry anyways.

 

[BrokeLoser]

which step are we at?

We are at the step where our Judges outnumber your judges and ours have more standing.

Ironic that in just 3 days President Trump will be at Normandy as American Paratroopers launch a massive airborne jump recreating
the Airborne Assault on Hitler's Atlantic Wall in 1944, while we get the go back here in the States to create our Southern Wall.

All judges need to follow the constitution, which states that the house has the power of the purse.

"the House lacked legal standing to sue the president for allegedly overstepping his power"

So if the house cannot stop the president in any way from overstepping his power then doesn't that mean that America is legit ripe for a dictatorship?

Trevor N. McFadden - Wikipedia
On June 7, 2017, President Trump nominated McFadden to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, to the seat vacated by Judge Richard J. Leon, who took senior status on December 31, 2016.
...has been a member of the Federalist Society since 2003.

No. What it means is the first judge was in 10 feet over his head.

The Military has a 1.5 Billion dollar budget for Drug interdiction. If the Military believes that using that money to assist building a wall to
keep drugs out of the Country, then they can do that. It is in their budget, and the money was allocated by Congress.

DoD drug interdiction funds shouldn’t be used for border wall construction.

They only have $85 million for that drug program.
Most drugs come thru port of entry anyways.

This is simple...much of military / defense funding is not appropriated by line item...the POTUS can spend at his discretion to secure this nation.

 

[dudmuck]

which step are we at?

We are at the step where our Judges outnumber your judges and ours have more standing.

Ironic that in just 3 days President Trump will be at Normandy as American Paratroopers launch a massive airborne jump recreating
the Airborne Assault on Hitler's Atlantic Wall in 1944, while we get the go back here in the States to create our Southern Wall.

All judges need to follow the constitution, which states that the house has the power of the purse.

"the House lacked legal standing to sue the president for allegedly overstepping his power"

So if the house cannot stop the president in any way from overstepping his power then doesn't that mean that America is legit ripe for a dictatorship?

Trevor N. McFadden - Wikipedia
On June 7, 2017, President Trump nominated McFadden to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, to the seat vacated by Judge Richard J. Leon, who took senior status on December 31, 2016.
...has been a member of the Federalist Society since 2003.

No. What it means is the first judge was in 10 feet over his head.

The Military has a 1.5 Billion dollar budget for Drug interdiction. If the Military believes that using that money to assist building a wall to
keep drugs out of the Country, then they can do that. It is in their budget, and the money was allocated by Congress.

DoD drug interdiction funds shouldn’t be used for border wall construction.

They only have $85 million for that drug program.
Most drugs come thru port of entry anyways.

This is simple...much of military / defense funding is not appropriated by line item...the POTUS can spend at his discretion to secure this nation.

The Antideficiency Act takes effect here, because this isnt an emergency.

 

[BrokeLoser]

We are at the step where our Judges outnumber your judges and ours have more standing.

Ironic that in just 3 days President Trump will be at Normandy as American Paratroopers launch a massive airborne jump recreating
the Airborne Assault on Hitler's Atlantic Wall in 1944, while we get the go back here in the States to create our Southern Wall.

All judges need to follow the constitution, which states that the house has the power of the purse.

"the House lacked legal standing to sue the president for allegedly overstepping his power"

So if the house cannot stop the president in any way from overstepping his power then doesn't that mean that America is legit ripe for a dictatorship?

Trevor N. McFadden - Wikipedia
On June 7, 2017, President Trump nominated McFadden to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, to the seat vacated by Judge Richard J. Leon, who took senior status on December 31, 2016.
...has been a member of the Federalist Society since 2003.

No. What it means is the first judge was in 10 feet over his head.

The Military has a 1.5 Billion dollar budget for Drug interdiction. If the Military believes that using that money to assist building a wall to
keep drugs out of the Country, then they can do that. It is in their budget, and the money was allocated by Congress.

DoD drug interdiction funds shouldn’t be used for border wall construction.

They only have $85 million for that drug program.
Most drugs come thru port of entry anyways.

This is simple...much of military / defense funding is not appropriated by line item...the POTUS can spend at his discretion to secure this nation.

The Antideficiency Act takes effect here, because this isnt an emergency.

This is an emergency though and Trump gets to make that judgement call.

 

[DJT for Life]

which step are we at?

We are at the step where our Judges outnumber your judges and ours have more standing.

Ironic that in just 3 days President Trump will be at Normandy as American Paratroopers launch a massive airborne jump recreating
the Airborne Assault on Hitler's Atlantic Wall in 1944, while we get the go back here in the States to create our Southern Wall.

All judges need to follow the constitution, which states that the house has the power of the purse.

"the House lacked legal standing to sue the president for allegedly overstepping his power"

So if the house cannot stop the president in any way from overstepping his power then doesn't that mean that America is legit ripe for a dictatorship?

Trevor N. McFadden - Wikipedia
On June 7, 2017, President Trump nominated McFadden to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, to the seat vacated by Judge Richard J. Leon, who took senior status on December 31, 2016.
...has been a member of the Federalist Society since 2003.

No. What it means is the first judge was in 10 feet over his head.

The Military has a 1.5 Billion dollar budget for Drug interdiction. If the Military believes that using that money to assist building a wall to
keep drugs out of the Country, then they can do that. It is in their budget, and the money was allocated by Congress.

DoD drug interdiction funds shouldn’t be used for border wall construction.

They only have $85 million for that drug program.
Most drugs come thru port of entry anyways.

The DOD uses the funds at their discretion.

Most drugs confiscated come thru ports of entry. We don't know how many drugs are smuggled in elsewhere.

 

[danielpalos]

Another win for Trump!!


Washington, D.C., district court Judge Trevor McFadden threw out House Democrats' lawsuit seeking an injunction against President Trump's emergency border wall funding reallocation, saying that the matter is fundamentally a political dispute and that the politicians lack standing to make a legal case.

Trump had declared a national emergency this past February over the humanitarian crisis at the southern border, following Congress' failure to fund his border wall legislatively. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and House Democrats then filed suit in April, charging that Trump was "stealing from appropriated funds” by moving $6.7 billion from other projects toward border wall construction.

Democrats argued that the White House had "flouted the fundamental separation-of-powers principles and usurped for itself legislative power specifically vested by the Constitution in Congress."

But, in his ruling, McFadden, a Trump appointee, suggested Democrats were trying to circumvent the political process.

Judge tosses House Dems' lawsuit over Trump's use of emergency military funds for border wall

Democrats are slowly losing the fight.

Show us the express wall building clause or express immigration clause.

 

[dudmuck]

which step are we at?

We are at the step where our Judges outnumber your judges and ours have more standing.

Ironic that in just 3 days President Trump will be at Normandy as American Paratroopers launch a massive airborne jump recreating
the Airborne Assault on Hitler's Atlantic Wall in 1944, while we get the go back here in the States to create our Southern Wall.

All judges need to follow the constitution, which states that the house has the power of the purse.

"the House lacked legal standing to sue the president for allegedly overstepping his power"

So if the house cannot stop the president in any way from overstepping his power then doesn't that mean that America is legit ripe for a dictatorship?

Trevor N. McFadden - Wikipedia
On June 7, 2017, President Trump nominated McFadden to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, to the seat vacated by Judge Richard J. Leon, who took senior status on December 31, 2016.
...has been a member of the Federalist Society since 2003.

No. What it means is the first judge was in 10 feet over his head.

The Military has a 1.5 Billion dollar budget for Drug interdiction. If the Military believes that using that money to assist building a wall to
keep drugs out of the Country, then they can do that. It is in their budget, and the money was allocated by Congress.

DoD drug interdiction funds shouldn’t be used for border wall construction.

They only have $85 million for that drug program.
Most drugs come thru port of entry anyways.

The DOD uses the funds at their discretion.

Most drugs confiscated come thru ports of entry. We don't know how many drugs are smuggled in elsewhere.

Gil Kerlikowske, who headed CBP and the Office of National Drug Control Policy under President Barack Obama, said intelligence received from arrested smugglers and law enforcement partners in Mexico indicate that cartels clearly prefer moving high-profit narcotics through the busy ports of entry because their chances of success are better there.