Trump asks US Supreme Court to allow White House ballroom construction to continue
The filing follows rulings that Trump needed congressional approval for the $400 million project and that above-ground work must stop.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court to resume his $400 million White House ballroom project after lower courts halted above-ground construction.
- Last week, the Circuit Court ordered Trump to stop above-ground work, ruling the project requires Congressional approval and constitutes unauthorized 'Executive self-help' without legislative authority.
- Architect Shalom Baranes designed the ballroom at approximately 89,000 square feet, nearly double the Executive Mansion's 55,000 square feet. Trump aims to complete it by summer 2028.
- Solicitor General John Sauer argued the construction is 'absolutely required' for presidential safety, calling the injunction 'judicial overreach.' The court paused its ruling for 14 days to allow the appeal.
- The National Trust for Historic Preservation brought the case last year, arguing Congress never authorized the Executive Branch to reshape the White House. This marks the first Supreme Court challenge to Trump's projects.
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The government of Donald Trump has appealed this Friday to the Supreme Court to unblock the construction of the monumental ballroom in the White House, a project that the U.S. president strongly defends, but that was rejected by the appeals court on August 7, which understood that the millonary work should be approved by Congress, not only by the executive. The president already warned on his social networks that he would appeal the decision “im…
Donald Trump's government appealed to the Supreme Court to unblock the construction of a monumental ballroom in the White House, a project that the president...
The Trump administration appealed to the Supreme Court to unblock the construction of a monumental ballroom at the White House.
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Yu-mi = The Donald Trump administration asked on the 14th (local time) to allow construction to continue on the banquet hall in the East Wing of the White House...
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