Supreme Court allows border wall construction to resume in Big Bend area of Texas

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The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a lower court order that had paused border wall construction in the Big Bend area of West Texas while a legal challenge proceeds. In an unsigned order, the court said the government was likely to prevail on its claim that the lower court overstepped its authority, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the only noted dissenter. Environmentalists, ranchers and church leaders had sued in El Paso to stop the project, which the Trump administration is pursuing under waivers of federal environmental laws. Reports say District Judge Kathleen Cardone had blocked three waivers issued last month. The underlying case continues.

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The Supreme Court on Monday lifted the lower court order that had paused border wall construction in the Big Bend area of Texas.
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Raw Story, The Boston Globe
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Los Angeles Times, ABC News, The New York Times, CNN, CBS News, NBC News, Bloomberg
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The Hill
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Washington Examiner
The court acted in an unsigned order, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the only dissenter.
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Raw Story
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Los Angeles Times
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Washington Examiner
Reports say District Judge Kathleen Cardone had blocked three Homeland Security waivers issued last month, siding with environmental activists who sued.
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The Trump administration had asked the Supreme Court to act, arguing the lower court overstepped its authority over the waivers.
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Los Angeles Times
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Washington Examiner
A coalition including environmentalists, cattle ranchers and church leaders had sued in El Paso to stop the construction.
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Los Angeles Times
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Washington Examiner
The court said a law passed by Congress lets the Secretary waive environmental and conservation laws for expeditious border construction.
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Every side present reports that the Supreme Court on Monday lifted the lower court pause on Big Bend border wall construction. Left outlets mostly headline the construction going ahead and some stress the opposing coalition and the landscape, while the center and right outlets frame it as a Trump administration win on the emergency docket.

the left
10 outlets
Left outlets mostly headline the wall as allowed or cleared to go ahead, while Raw Story, the far-left outlet, frames it as a Trump win that could scar the landscape.
Supreme Court OKs border wall construction in Big Bend area of Texas
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the center
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The Hill, the only center outlet here, headlines the order as allowing construction to continue and siding with Trump, and its description notes the lower court paused it while the case proceeds.
Supreme Court allows Big Bend border construction to continue in Texas, siding with Trump
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the right
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The Washington Examiner headlines neutrally that the Supreme Court lifted a block on the lawsuit, while its text calls it a key Trump administration win on the emergency docket.
Supreme Court lifts block on Big Bend border wall construction lawsuit
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hands Trump wincould scar
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hands Trump winMore neutral: Supreme Court rules for Trump administration on border construction
The word hands casts the ruling as a gift to one side, while the body reports a court order.
Supreme Court hands Trump win that could scar one of America’s wildest places forever
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could scarMore neutral: could affect
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Supreme Court hands Trump win that could scar one of America’s wildest places forever
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From the left

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the wall construction going ahead
the opposing coalition of environmentalists and ranchers
Trump’s signature project
Jackson’s lone dissent

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Los Angeles TimesLeft
Supreme Court OKs border wall construction in Big Bend area of Texas
A broad coalition of environmentalists, cattle ranchers, farmers, river boat guides, outdoor activists and church leaders had gone to court seeking to stop the construction.
31 min agoRead at Los Angeles Times (opens in a new tab)
Raw StoryFar Left
Supreme Court Loaded verb“hands Trump win”The word hands casts the ruling as a gift to one side, while the body reports a court order.More neutral: Supreme Court rules for Trump administration on border constructionDisagree with this highlight? that Sensational language“could scar”The headline states lasting damage as a framing, while the body attributes that warning to opponents.More neutral: could affectDisagree with this highlight? one of America’s wildest places forever
The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the Trump administration to resume border construction in Texas’ Big Bend region, a remote stretch of desert canyons that opponents warn could be scarred for good. …
37 min agoRead at Raw Story (opens in a new tab)
The Boston GlobeFar LeftAssociated Press report
Supreme Court clears the way for border wall construction in Texas’s Big Bend to resume
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for the Trump administration to resume border wall construction in the Big Bend region of Texas for now, a blow to bipartisan opponents who had argued the project is a waste of money that threatens the unique landscape. …
43 min agoRead at The Boston Globe (opens in a new tab)
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The Washington PostLeft
Supreme Court allows major part of Trump’s border security project in Texas
The more than 500-mile stretch of road, cameras, vehicle barriers and sensors is planned in and around Big Bend National Park. It is one of the longest sections.
49 min agoRead at The Washington Post (opens in a new tab)
The New York TimesLeft
Supreme Court Allows Construction of Trump’s Border Wall in Big Bend
The administration had asked the court to permit construction of a border wall in southwestern Texas, including areas within a national park.
56 min agoRead at The New York Times (opens in a new tab)
CNNLeft
Supreme Court allows Trump to continue border wall construction in Big Bend region of Texas
The Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump to continue border wall construction in the Big Bend region of Texas – including Big Bend National Park – on Monday, pausing a lower court ruling that temporarily blocked that work while it considers whether the administration had …
1 hr agoRead at CNN (opens in a new tab)
CBS NewsLeft
Supreme Court allows border wall construction in Big Bend region
The Supreme Court agreed to lift a district court order that temporarily stopped construction of the border wall and other infrastructure in the Big Bend sector.
1 hr agoRead at CBS News (opens in a new tab)
NBC NewsLeft
Supreme Court paves way for Trump to build a section of his border wall in the Big Bend area of Texas
The Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump to move forward with construction of his border wall in the remote Big Bend region of southwest Texas.
1 hr agoRead at NBC News (opens in a new tab)
BloombergLeft
Supreme Court Allows Trump Border Wall Construction in Big Bend
The US Supreme Court let construction on President Donald Trump’s border wall resume in Big Bend National Park in west Texas, overriding environmental objections and giving him a key victory on one of his signature projects.
1 hr agoRead at Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
ABC NewsLeftAssociated Press report
Court clears the way for border wall construction in Texas’s Big Bend to resume
ABC News published a report that is shown in full at The Boston Globe. The headline is the one ABC News gave it.
42 min agoRead at ABC News (opens in a new tab)

From the center

1 outlet

Leads with

the order letting construction continue
the Trump administration’s win
the pause while the case proceeds

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The HillCenter
Supreme Court allows Big Bend border construction to continue in Texas, siding with Trump
The Supreme Court is allowing border barrier construction to continue in and around Big Bend National Park in Texas, in a win for the Trump administration. …
54 min agoRead at The Hill (opens in a new tab)

From the right

2 outlets

Leads with

the lifted lower-court block
a key emergency-docket win for Trump
the judge’s Bush appointment

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Washington ExaminerRight
Supreme Court lifts block on Big Bend border wall construction lawsuit
The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a key win on its emergency docket on Monday by lifting a lower court’s block on border wall construction in the Big Bend region of Texas. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone, an appointee of former President George W. …
15 min agoRead at Washington Examiner (opens in a new tab)
The FederalistFar Right
SCOTUS Nukes Blockade On Trump’s Border Wall Construction
'The Government’s interest therefore outweighs any aesthetic, recreational, and environmental harm alleged by respondents.'
21 min agoRead at The Federalist (opens in a new tab)

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First to report
Bloomberg, Nov 9, 2:46 PM EST
Center
28 min later
Its first report, Nov 9, 3:14 PM EST
Right
1 hr later
Its first report, Nov 9, 3:47 PM EST

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BloombergLeftNov 9, 2:46 PM EST
NBC NewsLeftNov 9, 2:54 PM EST
CBS NewsLeftNov 9, 3:00 PM EST
CNNLeftNov 9, 3:03 PM EST
The New York TimesLeftNov 9, 3:12 PM EST
The HillCenterNov 9, 3:14 PM EST
The Washington PostLeftNov 9, 3:18 PM EST
The Boston GlobeFar LeftNov 9, 3:25 PM EST
ABC NewsLeftNov 9, 3:26 PM EST
Raw StoryFar LeftNov 9, 3:31 PM EST
Los Angeles TimesLeftNov 9, 3:37 PM EST
The FederalistFar RightNov 9, 3:47 PM EST
Washington ExaminerRightNov 9, 3:53 PM EST

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Supreme Court allows border wall construction to resume in Big Bend area of Texas

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From the left

Supreme Court OKs border wall construction in Big Bend area of Texas

Supreme Court clears the way for border wall construction in Texas’s Big Bend to resume

Supreme Court allows major part of Trump’s border security project in Texas

Supreme Court Allows Construction of Trump’s Border Wall in Big Bend

Supreme Court allows Trump to continue border wall construction in Big Bend region of Texas

Supreme Court allows border wall construction in Big Bend region

Supreme Court paves way for Trump to build a section of his border wall in the Big Bend area of Texas

Supreme Court Allows Trump Border Wall Construction in Big Bend

Court clears the way for border wall construction in Texas’s Big Bend to resume

From the center

Supreme Court allows Big Bend border construction to continue in Texas, siding with Trump

From the right

Supreme Court lifts block on Big Bend border wall construction lawsuit

SCOTUS Nukes Blockade On Trump’s Border Wall Construction

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