Newsweek: Newsweek walks through the 1996 waiver law, the lower court ruling and CBP's $500,000 a day cost claim.

Lehrer score 98/100 (starts at 85; +2 one named, on-record source: a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson quoted; +3 primary document linked or cited (filing, ruling, data release, statement): the order quoted: "JUSTICE JACKSON would deny the application for stay"; +4 other side quoted or given its response: challengers argued Mullin "exceeded congressional authority"; the government called it a "baseless injunction"; +2 key numbers sourced: "According to a CBP declaration, the injunction was costing nearly $500,000 per day"; +2 context: background or what came before: "In August, bulldozers were seen at the Big Bend National Park clearing land"). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → A.

Splits: Article: Newsweek on Justice Jackson's dissent in the Big Bend order

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