Trump v. Sierra Club
Pending petitionLinked with:
| Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-138 | 9th Cir. | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Issues: (1) Whether respondents have a cognizable cause of action to obtain review of the acting secretary of defense’s compliance with a proviso in Section 8005 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act that the secretary’s authority to transfer funds internally between DOD appropriations accounts “may not be used unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than those for which originally appropriated and in no case where the item for which funds are requested has been denied by the Congress”; and (2) whether in 2019 the acting secretary exceeded his statutory authority under Section 8005 by transferring approximately $2.5 billion in response to a request from the Department of Homeland Security for counterdrug assistance under 10 U.S.C. 284, including in the form of construction of fences along the southern border of the United States.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Petitions of the week: Warrantless home searches, border-wall funding and more (Andrew Hamm)
- Court allows border-wall construction to continue (Amy Howe)
- Trump administration urges justices to allow continued border-wall construction (Amy Howe)
- Opponents of border wall ask court to lift year-old stay and halt construction (Amy Howe)
- Academic highlight: The quiet doctrinal shift (likely) behind the border-wall stay (Steve Vladeck)
- Justices allow government to go ahead with funding for border wall (Amy Howe)
- Challengers respond in dispute over funding for border wall (Amy Howe)
- Battle over border wall comes to the court (Amy Howe)
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