Criminal Justice & the Rule of Law

Supreme Court Grants Stay on Wall Injunction

Quinta Jurecic
Friday, July 26, 2019, 6:34 PM

The Supreme Court has granted a stay of an injunction on the Trump administration's construction of a wall along the southern border pursuant to a declaration of national emergency. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan would have denied the government's application for a stay, while Justice Stephen Breyer wrote dissenting in part and concurring in part. The document is available here and below.

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The Supreme Court has granted a stay of an injunction on the Trump administration's construction of a wall along the southern border pursuant to a declaration of national emergency. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan would have denied the government's application for a stay, while Justice Stephen Breyer wrote dissenting in part and concurring in part. The document is available here and below.


Quinta Jurecic is a fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and a senior editor at Lawfare. She previously served as Lawfare's managing editor and as an editorial writer for the Washington Post.

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