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Lawyer explains why Supreme Court is allowing Trump's new White House ballroom to be built
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The Supreme Court ruled this week that construction may continue on President Trump's new ballroom despite a lawsuit from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson weighs in.
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Questions over Trump’s ballroom and other structures might not feel urgent. But when his reign ends, Trumpism must be repudiated On Monday, a majority on the supreme court found a technical way to overrule a lower court’s imperative to stop work, while not taking a stance on whether the whole enterp…
President Donald Trump is building an illegal ballroom on the ruins of the White House’s East Wing, which he destroyed last fall. Congress forbade the construction of any building on federal property in Washington, D.C., “without express authority of Congress.
After President Theodore Roosevelt began building the East Wing of the White House in 1902, he thanked Congress for approving the project and appropriating the necessary…
Even though President Trump’s construction of his grand ballroom to replace the East Wing of the White House is likely unlawful, and even though a legal challenge to its construction likely would be successful, a narrow majority of the Supreme Court has allowed construction to continue.
The Supreme Court ruled this week that construction may continue on President Trump's new ballroom despite a lawsuit from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson weighs in.
