{"id":2703611,"date":"2026-11-10T11:33:54","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T16:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignscotus-nukes-blockade-on-trumps-border-wall-construction\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T11:36:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T16:36:32","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignscotus-nukes-blockade-on-trumps-border-wall-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignscotus-nukes-blockade-on-trumps-border-wall-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"SCOTUS Nukes Blockade On Trump&#8217;s Border Wall Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignscotus-nukes-blockade-on-trumps-border-wall-construction%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2703611&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Supreme Court on Monday paused a lower-court injunction that had blocked construction of President Trump\u2019s border wall in the Big Bend area of Texas, allowing work to resume temporarily. The justices held the challengers\u2019 \u201cmajor questions\u201d argument falls outside the district court\u2019s jurisdiction and that the government is likely to prevail; Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson would have left the block in place. The court found the balance of harms favors the government and stayed the injunction pending any timely petition for certiorari and the Court\u2019s further review.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to end a lower court blockade that sought to stop President Trump\u2019s border wall construction along the U.S.-Mexico border. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson would have allowed the blockade to remain in place. <\/p>\n<p>In its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/26pdf\/26a560_onkq.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">per curiam ruling<\/a>, 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/2026\/10\/trump-administration-asks-justices-to-allow-border-wall-construction-to-continue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issued<\/a> a preliminary injunction preventing the government from constructing border wall in the Big Bend region of Southwest Texas.<\/p>\n<p>The case <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/2026\/10\/trump-administration-asks-justices-to-allow-border-wall-construction-to-continue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deals<\/a> 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\u2019s national park. According to U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer, the secretaries <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/26\/26A560\/430290\/20261021153649084_Ruidosa_Application_Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">made the decision<\/a> in accordance with federal immigration law after determining that the Big Bend region \u201cis an area of high illegal entry\u201d that required construction.<\/p>\n<p>Cardone argued in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/26\/26A560\/430290\/20261021153710031_Ruidosa_Appx_Final.pdf#page=205\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oct. 14 opinion<\/a> explaining her injunction that the challengers are likely to prevail on their claims that the DHS secretaries lacked the legal authority to waive the contested laws under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/crs-product\/IF12077\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">major questions doctrine<\/a>. That doctrine states that executive agencies cannot make regulatory decisions on issues of \u201cvast \u2018economic and political significance\u2019\u201d unless Congress specifically says so.<\/p>\n<p>Sauer argued in the administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/26\/26A560\/430290\/20261021153649084_Ruidosa_Application_Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SCOTUS application<\/a> that Congress \u201cdenied district courts jurisdiction to entertain\u201d claims like those made in the case. The solicitor general further contended that challengers\u2019 \u201cmajor-questions claim borders on frivolous\u201d and that Cardone \u201ceffectively rewrote [the law in question] to atextually limit the Secretary\u2019s waiver authority to only areas of \u2018<em>comparative[ly]<\/em>\u2019 high illegal entry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In its Monday ruling, the Supreme Court found that the administration is \u201cexceedingly likely to prevail on its argument\u201d that Cardone did not have jurisdiction to adjudicate the challengers\u2019 \u201cso<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >-called major-questions-doctrine claim<\/a>.\u201d The majority held that, regardless of how \u201cit is labeled, respondents\u2019 claim does not \u2018\u201calleg[e] a violation of the Constitution of the United States,\u201d\u2019 the only type of claim the statute permits district courts to adjudicate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt alleges instead that the Secretary exceeded his statutory authority. And we have long recognized that \u2018claims simply alleging\u2019 that the Executive Branch has exceeded its \u2018statutory authority are not \u201cconstitutional\u201d claims,\u2019\u201d the decision reads. \u201cThat conclusion does not change where, as here, a plaintiff invokes the major-questions doctrine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The high court went on to note that the other factors used to determine whether a stay is warranted also favor the government. This includes the administration\u2019s demonstration that it will suffer irreparable harm if Cardone\u2019s injunction is permitted to remain in place, as well as a showing that the \u201cbalance of the equities\u201d tilts in its favor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRespondents claim that construction in the Big Bend Sector will diminish their ability to use and enjoy the area. But Congress\u2019s enactment of [the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act] \u2014 which permits the Secretary to waive the requirements of environmental-protection and other conservation laws \u2014 reflects a clear preference for expeditious border construction over the very harms respondents assert,\u201d the court ruled. \u201cAnd courts \u2018of equity cannot, in their discretion, reject the balance that Congress has struck in a statute.\u2019 \u2026 The Government\u2019s interest therefore outweighs any aesthetic, recreational, and environmental harm alleged by respondents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Justice Jackson did not provide a reason for her dissent. <\/p>\n<p>According to Monday\u2019s ruling, Cardone\u2019s injunction \u201cis stayed pending the filing and disposition of the Government\u2019s petition for a writ of certiorari, if such writ is timely sought.\u201d The Supreme Court\u2019s pause will terminate if a petition to SCOTUS is denied by the high court or if SCOTUS agrees to consider the matter and issue a judgment on the merits of the case.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He is a co-recipient of the 2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. His work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics and RealClearHealth. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTUS ends lower-court block on Trump border wall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2703612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Border-Wall.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[87693,70100,6994],"class_list":["post-2703611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-border-wall-2","tag-immigration-policy-2","tag-scotus"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Border-Wall.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2703611"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2703615,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703611\/revisions\/2703615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2703612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2703611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2703611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2703611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}