Trump asks Supreme Court to allow White House ballroom construction to continue
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow him to continue construction of a sprawling ballroom adjacent to the White House. The emergency application follows an Aug. 7 ruling by an appeals court in Washington upholding a federal judge’s decision that would block aboveground work on site while litigation moves forward. “If allowed to go into effect, the injunction would wrongfully install a single district judge as sole arbiter of what further construction is ‘strictly necessary’ to protect the safety of the President, his family, staff members, and visitors to the White House, including foreign dignitaries, and presidents and prime ministers of other countries,” Solicitor General D. John Sauer said in the filing . The appeals court decision has yet to go into effect, meaning construction continues while the Supreme Court decides what to do next.
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No taxpayer funds are being used, Sauer added, with the project funded by $400 million in private donations. (Comcast Corp., the parent company of NBCUniversal, is one of the donors.) Sauer dismissed Hoagland’s claim, saying that the “subjective displeasure of an offended observer does not amount to concrete injury.” The trust on Friday issued a statement saying that the administration is “actively attempting to outrun the courts” by continuing construction, and called for the Supreme Court to reject Trump’s request. The deadline for the justices to act is Aug.
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow him to continue construction of a sprawling ballroom adjacent to the White House. The emergency application follows an Aug. 7 ruling by an appeals court in Washington upholding a federal judge’s decision that would block aboveground work on site while litigation moves forward. “If allowed to go into effect, the injunction would wrongfully install a single district judge as sole arbiter of what further construction is ‘strictly necessary’ to protect the safety of the President, his family, staff members, and visitors to the White House, including foreign dignitaries, and presidents and prime ministers of other countries,” Solicitor General D. John Sauer said in the filing . The appeals court decision has yet to go into effect, meaning construction continues while the Supreme Court decides what to do next.
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow him to continue construction of a sprawling ballroom adjacent to the White House. The emergency application follows an Aug. 7 ruling by an appeals court in Washington upholding a federal judge’s decision that would block aboveground work on site while litigation moves forward. “If allowed to go into effect, the injunction would wrongfully install a single district judge as sole arbiter of what further construction is ‘strictly necessary’ to protect the safety of the President, his family, staff members, and visitors to the White House, including foreign dignitaries, and presidents and prime ministers of other countries,” Solicitor General D. John Sauer said in the filing . The appeals court decision has yet to go into effect, meaning construction continues while the Supreme Court decides what to do next.
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow him to continue construction of a sprawling ballroom adjacent to the White House. The emergency application follows an Aug. 7 ruling by an appeals court in Washington upholding a federal judge’s decision that would block aboveground work on site while litigation moves forward. “If allowed to go into effect, the injunction would wrongfully install a single district judge as sole arbiter of what further construction is ‘strictly necessary’ to protect the safety of the President, his family, staff members, and visitors to the White House, including foreign dignitaries, and presidents and prime ministers of other countries,” Solicitor General D. John Sauer said in the filing . The appeals court decision has yet to go into effect, meaning construction continues while the Supreme Court decides what to do next.
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow him to continue construction of a sprawling ballroom adjacent to the White House. The emergency application follows an Aug. 7 ruling by an appeals court in Washington upholding a federal judge’s decision that would block aboveground work on site while litigation moves forward. “If allowed to go into effect, the injunction would wrongfully install a single district judge as sole arbiter of what further construction is ‘strictly necessary’ to protect the safety of the President, his family, staff members, and visitors to the White House, including foreign dignitaries, and presidents and prime ministers of other countries,” Solicitor General D. John Sauer said in the filing . The appeals court decision has yet to go into effect, meaning construction continues while the Supreme Court decides what to do next.
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow him to continue construction of a sprawling ballroom adjacent to the White House. The emergency application follows an Aug. 7 ruling by an appeals court in Washington upholding a federal judge’s decision that would block aboveground work on site while litigation moves forward. “If allowed to go into effect, the injunction would wrongfully install a single district judge as sole arbiter of what further construction is ‘strictly necessary’ to protect the safety of the President, his family, staff members, and visitors to the White House, including foreign dignitaries, and presidents and prime ministers of other countries,” Solicitor General D. John Sauer said in the filing . The appeals court decision has yet to go into effect, meaning construction continues while the Supreme Court decides what to do next.
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow him to continue construction of a sprawling ballroom adjacent to the White House. The emergency application follows an Aug. 7 ruling by an appeals court in Washington upholding a federal judge’s decision that would block aboveground work on site while litigation moves forward. “If allowed to go into effect, the injunction would wrongfully install a single district judge as sole arbiter of what further construction is ‘strictly necessary’ to protect the safety of the President, his family, staff members, and visitors to the White House, including foreign dignitaries, and presidents and prime ministers of other countries,” Solicitor General D. John Sauer said in the filing . The appeals court decision has yet to go into effect, meaning construction continues while the Supreme Court decides what to do next.
