SCOTUS Nukes Blockade On Trump’s Border Wall Constructionhttps://thefederalist.com/2026/11/09/scotus-nukes-blockade-on-trumps-border-wall-construction/The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to end a lower court blockade that sought to stop President Trump’s border wall construction along the U.S.-Mexico border. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson would have allowed the blockade to remain in place.
In its per curiam ruling, the high court granted an emergency application by the Trump administration to temporarily pause an Oct. 2 ruling by District Judge Kathleen Cardone. The Bush 43 appointee issued a preliminary injunction preventing the government from constructing border wall in the Big Bend region of Southwest Texas.
The case deals with a series of waivers that former and current Department of Homeland Security Secretaries Kristi Noem and Markwayne Mullin signed to set aside various conservation and environmental laws that blocked the wall in the Big Bend area, which includes the region’s national park. According to U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer, the secretaries made the decision in accordance with federal immigration law after determining that the Big Bend region “is an area of high illegal entry” that required construction.
This does not decide the case, but it bodes ill for the obstructing Trump-Haters. It's probably a signal to lower courts.
