⁍ The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal by President Donald Trump’s administration.

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⁍ At issue is the legality of the president’s decision to divert military funds to pay for a border wall.

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⁍ The border wall was a central 2016 campaign promise by Trump and is part of his 2020 re-election bid.

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⁍ Democrats have called the wall immoral, ineffective and expensive.

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– The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by the Trump administration over the president’s decision to divert funds from the military to pay for a border wall. The decision was announced Monday, Reuters reports. Trump’s administration used $2.5 billion from military counter-narcotics programs for border wall construction in 2019. A lower court had ruled that Trump’s move was unlawful because he lacked the authority to authorize such a transfer. The administration appealed that decision, and the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case.