WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to requests from the Biden administration to put off arguments in two cases involving the U.S.-Mexico border wall and asylum-seekers because President Joe Biden has taken steps to change Trump administration policies that had been challenged in court.
The justices issued a brief order canceling arguments that had been set for the coming weeks.
The court had been scheduled to hear arguments on Feb. 22 in a case over President Donald Trump’s decision to divert billions of dollars in taxpayer money to construction of portions of a wall along the border with Mexico.
Biden ordered a pause in construction and rescinded the national emergency that Trump declared to facilitate the transfer of money to the border.