The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily paused a lower court blockade on President Trump’s White House ballroom construction on Friday. After initial consideration, Chief Justice John Roberts issued a stay on an injunction by D.C. District Court Senior Judge Richard Leon from earlier this year. That order effectively halted the White House’s above-ground construction on the […]
The Trump Justice Department asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to lift a lower court blockade on construction of the new White House ballroom. In its emergency application for stay, the Trump administration requested the high court to temporarily pause a preliminary injunction by D.C. District Senior Judge Richard Leon. Issued by the Bush […]
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Here's a closer look at the $1 billion request for President Trump's White House ballroom project.
The federal judge's decision continues to block above-ground construction on the $400 million White House ballroom, allowing only below-ground work on a bunker and other "national security facilities" at the site.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon on Thursday issued the order after the D.C. Appeals Court asked him to clarify the scope of his previous injunction.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon clarified that some national security work can continue while the overall project is halted.
Bureaucrats and activist judges must not be allowed to stand in the way of true progress. A federal judge on Tuesday issued a ruling blocking further construction work on President Trump’s privately-funded $400 million ballroom at the White House, claiming congressional authorization would be needed to complete the project. Judge Richard Leon, an appointee to […] The post Lawfare Must Not Stop President Trump’s White House Ballroom appeared first on StoneZone .
Bureaucrats and activist judges must not be allowed to stand in the way of true progress. A federal judge on Tuesday issued a ruling blocking further construction work on President Trump’s privately-funded $400 million ballroom at the White House, claiming congressional authorization would be needed to complete the project. Judge Richard Leon, an appointee to the bench by George W. Bush, who has establishment Republican bonafides going back to the 1970s, ruled that the executive branch does not have authority to proceed with such a structural upgrade on federal property without approval from Congress. President Trump took to Truth Social to express his dismay with Judge Leon’s decision, citing its inconsistency with the precedent of…Open
"The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future generations of First Families. He is not, however, the owner!” wrote U.S. District Judge Richard Leon.