Trump's White House ballroom case heads to Supreme Court on standing
Donald Trump plans to appeal a D.C. Circuit court ruling that blocked his proposed White House ballroom project to the Supreme Court. The legal dispute centers on whether the National Trust for Historic Preservation has the legal standing to challenge the construction.
Why it matters
The case tests the limits of legal standing for advocacy groups in challenging government construction projects on federal property.
President Donald Trump could win the legal fight over his planned White House ballroom, say two legal experts who believe the U.S. the Supreme Court could end the case without weighing in on the underlying constitutional issue. In a lengthy social media post Friday, Trump vowed to take the fight over his White House ballroom to the Supreme Court after the D.C. Circuit upheld a lower court order blocking above-ground construction. In a 2-1 decision, the appeals court ruled that the project cannot move forward without Congressional approval. Trump pointed to the dissent written by Judge Neomi Rao, appointed by Trump in his first term, as grounds for appealing the decision to Supreme Court. Rao argued that the plantiffs, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, lack legal standing in the case.
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