Supreme Court says border wall construction can continue in west Texas

The Trump administration filed an emergency relief request with the high court earlier in October asking for the construction to continue while a lawsuit over the plan moves forward.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2500x1570+0+0/resize/2500x1570!/quality/85/format/webp/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F47%2Faa%2F8b772ccb4a99bfc5c6f7db6e8b01%2Fdsc-4950.jpg' alt='In September, Texas landowners filed a separate lawsuit over the federal government's border barrier plans in the Big Bend area, claiming their constitutional rights are being violated.'/><p>The Trump administration filed an emergency relief request with the high court earlier in October asking for the construction to continue while a lawsuit over the plan moves forward.</p><p>(Image credit: Carlos Morales<br><br>)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-6019424' />