{"id":94697,"date":"2020-01-24T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=94697"},"modified":"2020-01-24T06:44:07","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T10:44:07","slug":"washington-state-challenging-border-wall-money-diversion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=94697","title":{"rendered":"Washington State Challenging Border Wall Money Diversion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A 34-foot Sea Arc patrol boat provides security as a Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine transits to Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton. (Chief Nelson Doromal\/Navy)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The State of Washington may not share a border with Mexico. This hasn’t stopped them from going to federal court to challenge the President’s decision to divert funds from the military to the border wall. They stand to lose construction money related to a naval base in their state with this move.<\/p>\n

Those challenging the transfer of funds argue that Congress has the power of the purse and should be the ones that make this decision. Not the president. Congress has the power of the purse, to raise and disburse funds. But, once those funds are disbursed, other laws also come into play.<\/p>\n

This is where those challenging the decision, and the courts, play a role. Those opposed to the wall are coming up with different ways to leverage the courts to fight against the wall’s construction.<\/p>\n

From the Navy Times:<\/span><\/p>\n

Washington is far from the U.S.-Mexico border, but Attorney General Bob Ferguson argues that the state nevertheless would be harmed if the administration’s plans go forward. The Pentagon has shifted $3.6 billion from military construction projects — one of them in Washington state<\/span><\/strong> — to build 175 miles of border fencing in four states.<\/p>\n

Losing that construction money — $89 million for a pier and other security improvements at Naval Base Kitsap west of Seattle — would cost the state $2.6 million in tax revenue over the next two years<\/span><\/strong>, and that’s enough to give Washington standing to challenge the administration’s plans in court, Ferguson said.<\/p>\n

Lawyers for Washington and the Justice Department argued the case before Rothstein on Thursday amid fast-moving developments in the case.<\/p>\n

The Sierra Club has asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a related challenge to issue an order by Friday blocking the government from using the money. Meanwhile, the government is already working on sections of the wall and is planning to break ground as soon as Friday on other sections, near El Paso, Texas, and Yuma, Arizona.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The opinions of different federal judges provide a checkerboard pattern of results. Judges in two states ruled against the transfer of funds. One issued an order to stop the expenditure, another ruled against the expenditure. However, this judge didn’t stop the funds’ movement pending further legal activity. An appeals court overturned the restrictive judge’s decision and allowed wall spending to continue.<\/p>\n

You could read more at Navy Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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