This is not theoretical b.s.,

artappraiser — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 19:02:32 +0000

In reply to House asks judge to block Trump plan for border wall funds

This is not theoretical b.s., the wheels have been set in motion, nearly $1 billion in contracts awarded last month. I don't know if Congress could void the contracts that easily even if they managed to get the courts to stop the action. The Federal government is a huge and complicated bureaucracy, after all. Note the House counsel is actually arguing that they cannot get the money back, so it's actually unlikely ” House General Counsel Doug Letter and other lawyers wrote. “Once made, these unconstitutional expenditures cannot be undone, and the grave institutional injury inflicted on the House cannot be remedied.”

A.P. via Military Times

Military funds being used for border wall in Arizona, New Mexico, 16 hours ago

YUMA, Ariz. — The U.S. government is moving forward with plans to use military funds to build border barriers in Arizona and New Mexico.

The Department of Homeland Security issued waivers to environmental laws last week to build and replace 46 miles (74 kilometers) of barriers near Columbus, New Mexico, and 11 miles (17 kilometers) near Yuma, Arizona.

The barriers are being funded by the Department of Defense following President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration in February.

Last month, the federal government announced it had awarded contracts of nearly $1 billion to replace short barriers with tall fences in those areas [....]

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The full doc @ Lawfare, this

This is not theoretical b.s.,