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 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.
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...
The decision hands President Donald Trump a political victory in his controversial bid to oversee the largest addition to the executive mansion in decades.
'We conclude only that ... the government is likely to prevail in showing that the Trust lacks Article III standing to challenge the project in federal court and that the remaining stay factors favor relief.'