Trump administration seeks to restart Big Bend wall; Supreme Court rejects limits on transgender inmate care
Photo: APThe Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to let it resume building a border wall project through the Big Bend region of Texas, filing an emergency appeal against a lower court order halting construction. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone ordered work stopped on Oct. 2 across the roughly 500-mile project area while the case proceeds. The dispute turns on waivers signed by the Homeland Security secretary that let Customs and Border Protection bypass environmental and other rules. The government says a 1996 law grants that power where barriers are needed in high-entry areas, and that a gap could funnel crossings into Big Bend. Ranchers, residents, business owners and environmentalists oppose the project, arguing the area has historically low illegal immigration. Separately, the Supreme Court rejected an administration effort to restrict some medical treatments for transgender inmates.
Right-leaning outlets covered only the wall appeal, leading with the Justice Department's arguments and the 1996 law. Left-leaning outlets split: HuffPost ran the wall story with emphasis on bipartisan opposition, while CBS featured legal contributor Jessica Levinson on the transgender inmate ruling. Alternative outlets also split: AP reported the wall appeal, and Truthout called the ruling a rare win for transgender rights.
How the sides differ Right sources cover only the Big Bend wall appeal, stressing the government's legal case; left and alternative sources also cover the transgender inmate ruling, with Truthout calling it a rare rights win.
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HuffPost ran the wall appeal, stressing local and bipartisan opposition and the judge's ruling. CBS covered the transgender inmate ruling through legal contributor Jessica Levinson.
AP reported the wall appeal in straightforward terms. Truthout covered the transgender inmate ruling as a rare win for transgender rights at a conservative-leaning court.
The Daily Signal and Breitbart covered only the wall appeal. They led with the Justice Department's case, the 1996 waiver law and the argument that a gap could funnel crossings.