President Trump’s plans to construct a ballroom adjoining the current White House survived a vote in the Supreme Court and can proceed. The vote was 5-4, tellingly with Chief Justice John Roberts once again siding with the Liberal/Democrat wing in voting nay.
The vote actually only gives the go-ahead while a final decision is reached in a case brought by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. That suit is based upon one member’s feelings that her “aesthetic, cultural and historical interests” were harmed by the ballroom construction.
The ruling by the five conservative justices said that “mere offense, disagreement or distaste” isn’t enough and that the Trust lawsuit thus lacks legal standing.
The Trump administration had sought a review by SCOTUS, arguing the current judicial hold on the project would cause “irreparable harm.”
The Trust lawsuit isn’t expected to be resolved before most of the construction is finished, while other lawsuits will be subject to this ruling’s same standard.
The three far-leftists, joined by often-left Roberts, noted that the project was “likely unlawful” because Congress hadn’t approved it. Roberts said the Trump administration suffers “an apparent absence of statutory authority” to build the ballroom.
