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Divided Supreme Court rules White House ballroom construction may proceed

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Monday that construction of the White House ballroom can continue, lifting a block on above-ground work as President Trump asserts the project is necessary for national security. It halts a lower court ruling that would’ve restricted construction until Congress provided additional approvals. Five of the court’s conservative justices, including all three of…

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Supreme Court allows Trump's ballroom construction to proceed

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Divided Supreme Court rules White House ballroom construction may proceed

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Supreme Court Allows White House Ballroom Construction to Continue

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Supreme Court Lets Trump Continue Building Tacky White House Ballroom

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News Wrap: Supreme Court allows Trump ballroom construction to continue amid challenges

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Supreme Court allows Trump to continue White House ballroom construction

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Trump’s ballroom construction can resume at White House, supreme court rules – as it happened

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Supreme Court rules ballroom construction can continue

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SCOTUS Greenlights White House Ballroom Construction

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AxiosCenter Left

Supreme Court allows Trump's ballroom construction to proceed

The Supreme Court on Monday permitted President Trump to proceed with plans to build the White House ballroom.Why it matters: The 5-4 ruling is likely the final word on the project, which can now proceed with above-ground work after it was halted while the case played out in court.Driving the news: The majority decision noted that the justices did "not pass upon the legality of the government's East Wing project."They concluded only that, based on the submissions before the court, "the government is likely to prevail" in showing that the National Trust for Historic Preservation "lacks standing" to challenge the project in federal court "and that the remaining stay factors favor relief."Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.Zoom in: In his dissenting opinion, Roberts wrote that construction was "likely unlawful."The court is allowing construction to proceed "not because that construction is legal," but because the Trust likely lacks standing, Roberts wrote.Catch up quick: The decision follows an interim Supreme Court order earlier this month pausing a D.C. federal court's halt on all construction while the justices considered Trump's request to keep the project moving.A divided federal appeals court panel had blocked above-ground construction, upholding a U.S. District Court judge's ruling in favor of the Trust, which argued Trump needed congressional approval for the project.What they're saying: Trump said in a Truth Social post that he was pleased the Supreme Court had ruled in favor of the complex being built "without any further contingency, doubt, or threat," adding: "We are living in the Golden Age of America, and this Building will be one of the Greatest ever constructed in Washington, D.C."Trump called the lawsuit "baseless" and said the complex would make the country proud when it is completed in summer 2028.The other side: National Trust for Historic Preservation CEO Brent Leggs said the group was "deeply disappointed" with the ruling and "respectfully disagree[s]" with the majority's opinion on standing."It is noteworthy that the majority did not weigh in on whether the ballroom project was in fact legal," Leggs said in a statement.The trust said it would continue pursuing its case and urged the Supreme Court to quickly consider the government's forthcoming petition.Follow the money: The ballroom and its underground bunker are estimated to cost at least $600 million, up from the initial $400 million price tag when the administration announced its plans.Trump has said private donors would fund the ballroom, but his administration has asked Congress to use taxpayer dollars for security upgrades for it and other areas of the White House complex.About $352 million in taxpayer dollars was redirected to the project in June from money allocated through the One Big, Beautiful Bill.Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional details throughout.

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Supreme Court Lets Trump Continue Building Tacky White House Ballroom

A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Trump to continue construction on his White House ballroom.In a 5–4 decision that broke somewhat along traditional ideological lines, the court granted an emergency request filed by the Trump administration to proceed with construction on the president’s controversial plans for a White House ballroom. Justice John Roberts joined all three of the court’s liberal justices in dissenting.“Construction of the ballroom has proceeded apace for the better part of a year,” Roberts wrote on behalf of the four dissenting justices. “That construction is likely unlawful. Pursuant to its plenary constitutional authority over the District of Columbia and federal property, Congress has explicitly prohibited the construction of any ‘building or structure … on any reservation, park, or public grounds of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia without express authority of Congress.” … The ballroom is a building or structure being erected on federal park grounds—President’s Park—in the District of Columbia. Yet Congress has not passed any law resembling ‘express authority’ for the Executive’s construction of it.”The conservative majority, in an unsigned decision, rejected the challenge from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which was seeking to halt construction of the ballroom indefinitely. The five justices did not rule on whether construction of the ballroom was in fact legal, but determined that the National Trust lacked the legal right to challenge the project.“This Court has not found standing in circumstances like these before,” the court’s opinion read. “To the contrary, we have repeatedly held that mere offense, disagreement, or distaste does not qualify.” While the court didn’t rule on the legality of the ballroom’s construction, the decision is still a major win for Trump—and an infringement on the powers of Congress.“The White House is not just any building,” Roberts noted in the dissent. “In failing to appreciate as much, the court misconceives the plaintiff’s injury, allowing the executive’s likely infringement of the legislature’s power of the purse and authority to regulate federal property in the District of Columbia to continue.” Trump has tried to push forward his 90,000-square-foot ballroom by arguing that it will provide a secure underground facility in case of a national emergency, but a recent report revealed that a bunker already exists under the White House to protect the president and his team if necessary. Meanwhile, the skyrocketing costs of the ballroom keeps escalating. What Trump originally claimed would be a $200 million project funded by donors has now turned into a $600 million boondogglewith taxpayers on the hook for half that amount.This story has been updated.

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Trump’s ballroom construction can resume at White House, supreme court rules – as it happened

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Supreme Court Allows Trump’s White House Ballroom Construction

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.

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NBC News PoliticsCenter Left

Supreme Court allows Trump to move forward with White House ballroom construction

The court split 5-4 to block lower court rulings that would have put the project on hold amid challenges to the president’s authority over the construction.

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PoliticsCenter Left

Supreme Court clears way for White House ballroom construction to continue

The decision hands President Donald Trump a political victory in his controversial bid to oversee the largest addition to the executive mansion in decades.

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Supreme Court Lets White House Continue Construction On Trump’s $400 Million Ballroom

The administration has said crews are working 20 hours a day on the planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom.

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Divided Supreme Court rules White House ballroom construction may proceed

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News Wrap: Supreme Court allows Trump ballroom construction to continue amid challenges

In our news wrap Monday, the Supreme Court is allowing construction to continue on President Trump's White House ballroom project as legal challenges play out, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is canceling a planned Met Gala exhibit on British designer John Galliano following a backlash and soccer superstar Lionel Messi says he's retiring from Argentina's national team.

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Roll CallCenter

Supreme Court rules ballroom construction can continue

In a split decision Monday, the Supreme Court ruled construction of the White House ballroom could continue, saying the group bringing the lawsuit lacks standing to challenge the project and the government is likely to prevail. The decision came after a one-sentence temporary order signed by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Aug. 21 […]

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Supreme Court Allows Trump to Keep Building White House Ballroom

A 5-4 ruling says that a lawsuit challenging the ballroom project is improper, giving a green light for construction to continue.

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Supreme Court continues to allow construction of Trump's White House ballroom

The Supreme Court divided 5-4 in allowing construction of the new White House ballroom to continue.

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Divided Supreme Court rules White House ballroom construction may proceed

Trump tore down the East Wing last fall to make way for the 90,000-square-foot ballroom.

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Supreme Court allows construction on White House ballroom to continue

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The Daily SignalRight

Supreme Court Allows White House Ballroom Construction to Continue

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...

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Washington ExaminerCenter Right

Supreme Court allows Trump to continue White House ballroom construction

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 […]

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The FederalistFar Right

SCOTUS Greenlights White House Ballroom Construction

'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.'

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Supreme Court lets Trump resume White House ballroom construction — but conservative justice slams ‘unlawful’ project

The court, in a 5-4 decision, rejected a challenge from National Trust for Historic Preservation that was seeking to halt the massive project slated to cost at least $400 million.

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Supreme Court Delivers Win to Trump, Allows Construction to Continue on White House Ballroom

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.

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One America News NetworkFar Right

SCOTUS votes to allow construction on WH ballroom to continue

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has sided with the Trump administration, allowing construction to continue on the 90,000- square-foot White House ballroom.

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Reason.comCenter Right

Supreme Court Allows White House Ballroom Construction to Go Forward, at Least for Now

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.

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