The Supreme Court ruled Friday that President Trump acted within his authority when he unilaterally appropriated $2.5 billion in military funds to build 100 miles of his long-promised border wall.
In a 5-4 decision, the justices reversed a ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that barred the administration from accessing the funding. Trump’s attorneys immediately appealed to the High Court, citing the September 30 deadline by which the administration must either spend the money or forfeit it due to the close of the fiscal year.
Lower courts have ruled that the move encroaches on the Congressional power to allocate money as the legislature sees fit.
"The Constitution assigns to Congress the power of the purse," the 9th Circuit said in July while upholding a lower court’s ruling. "It is Congress that is to make decisions regarding how to spend taxpayer dollars."
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