The Supreme Court allowed construction to proceed but did not rule on whether Trump’s White House ballroom project is legal.
The justices intervened Monday after lower courts found work must stop because the project doesn't have congressional approval.
The administration has said crews are working 20 hours a day on the planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom.
Lower-court rulings would have blocked construction of the 90,000-square-foot ballroom after finding that the Trump administration should have first sought approval from Congress.
The Supreme Court allows the president to move forward with the construction of his White House ballroom. NBC News Legal Affairs Reporter Gary Grumbach explains the latest developments.
A 5-4 ruling says that a lawsuit challenging the ballroom project is improper, giving a green light for construction to continue.
The Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a significant victory on Monday by allowing construction of the White House ballroom project to continue, rebuffing two lower federal courts that had ruled against the president. The high court ruled 5-4 in favor of allowing the massive East Wing renovation to proceed, finding the National Trust for […]
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a lower federal court injunction that blocked construction of President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom renovations at the White House. The massive project of the East Wing ballroom is estimated at $400 million, funded through private donations rather than tax dollars. The lawsuit returns to lower courts, but the key...