The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal from former President Donald Trump concerning funding for the U.S.-Mexico border wall. The court sent the case back to the U.S. Appeals for the Ninth Circuit with instructions to vacate its judgments and told a district court to “consider what further proceedings are necessary and appropriate in light of the changed circumstances in this case,” noting that Trump isn’t president any longer. The Supreme Court previously issued rulings in the case, Trump v. Sierra Club, over the past several years after Trump in 2019 said he would declare a national emergency and redirect funds via the National Emergencies Act to construct the border barrier. Lower courts ruled that the former president’s order violated the Constitution’s clause around the separation of powers, while the Ninth Circuit upheld an injunction that blocked the construction of the wall while it was being litigated. But in 2019, …
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