Trump had declared a national emergency this past February over the humanitarian crisis at the southern border, following Congress' failure to fund his border wall legislatively. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and House Democrats then filed suit in April, charging that Trump was "stealing from appropriated funds” by moving $6.7 billion from other projects toward border wall construction. "Congress has several political arrows in its quiver to counter perceived threats to its sphere of power," McFadden wrote. And this fact is also exemplified by the many other cases across the country challenging the administration's planned construction of the border wall." It can amend appropriations laws to expressly restrict the transfer or spending of funds for a border wall under Sections 284 and 2808.

Source: Fox News June 03, 2019 22:47 UTC