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.
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 justices intervened Monday after lower courts found work must stop because the project doesn't have congressional approval.
The Supreme Court divided 5-4 in allowing construction of the new White House ballroom to continue.
The Supreme Court delivered a win to President Donald Trump, ruling that construction on the $400 million White House ballroom can continue. The post Supreme Court Delivers Win to Trump, Allows Construction to Continue on White House Ballroom appeared first on Breitbart.
The majority didn't decide whether the construction violated federal law, only that plaintiffs' purely aesthetic interests didn't allow them to assert a federal claim.
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 […]
Justices’ 5-4 ruling permits Trump administration appeal to block lower court order halting above-ground workA divided US supreme court has permitted Donald Trump to continue building his controversial $400m White House ballroom despite legal challenges, raising the likelihood it will be completed.In a 5-4 ruling, the justices permitted the Trump administration’s request to block a lower court order which had halted above-ground construction of the project while a lawsuit by a historic preservation group seeks to block it. Continue reading...
Trump tore down the East Wing last fall to make way for the 90,000-square-foot ballroom.