Trump’s border wall declaration is facing the first court hearings.
District Court Judge Haywood Gillam heard three hours of testimony including questioning the “emergency” aspects used to justify moving money not appropriate by Congress.

Judge appears skeptical of Trump stance in case challenging his emergency declaration for wall funds

The administration put together a plan for spending about $6 billion dollars, mostly from the Pentagon budget.

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This first case is one filed by the Sierra Club. Later cases include one filed by the House of Representatives.

Some things I will watch include (1) whether the plaintiffs have standing and (2) how presidential authority gets defined. I expect this to go beyond district court either way but will also interesting to see how lower courts weigh in here and whether there is disagreement.

This article puts the headline as likely blocking

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Meanwhile the Pentagon is racing to get project started before the judges weigh in

Courts weigh Trump’s plan to tap Pentagon for border wall

Two cases seek to block the White House from spending Defense Department money to build the wall.

Military Times