Chief Justice Allows Trump to Continue White House Ballroom Construction, for Now

Supreme Court Chief Justice Allows Work On Trump’s $400M White House Ballroom To Continue For Now

Lower courts had ordered a halt to the project, finding that it must have congressional approval.

Supreme Court chief justice allows work on Trump's $400M White House ballroom to continue for now

The temporary order comes hours before lower-court rulings would have forced a halt to aboveground construction.

Chief Justice Roberts briefly allows White House ballroom construction 

Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily blocked a ruling that was set to halt construction on the White House ballroom later Friday, ruling that work can briefly continue as the Supreme Court mulls the Trump administration’s emergency plea to intervene.  It delays, for now, a lower court’s deadline to stop above-ground construction by the end of the day. …

Supreme Court allows Trump’s White House ballroom construction to continue for now

Chief Justice John Roberts issued a stay allowing above-ground White House ballroom construction to continue as the Supreme Court weighs the case.

Supreme Court allows White House ballroom construction to continue for now

Supreme Court allows White House ballroom construction for now

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that construction of the White House ballroom can move forward for now. Chief Justice John Roberts paused a lower court order that said work on construction above ground needed to stop by midnight tonight. NBC News' Monica Alba reports. 

SCOTUS allows WH ballroom construction to continue ‘for now’

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has temporarily allowed construction on the White House ballroom to continue after a lower court halted the work.