U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon denied a motion by the National Trust for Historic Preservation that would have temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s construction of a new ballroom at the White House, but he set out some requirements for the Trump administration moving forward.
Leon said in a hearing Tuesday in Washington, D.C., that the nonprofit group had not established enough irreparable harm in order to pause the construction outright, but the judge declared construction crews cannot over the next two weeks build any below-ground structures that would determine how and where the final ballroom structure will exist. Leon said any breaking of that order would result in the White House being “forced to take it down.”
The judge is requiring the government to submit construction plans to the National Capital Planning Commission by the end of the year, and the Justice Department said that the government has made “initial outreach” to set up meetings on that front.
He demolished an entire wing of the white house illegally and the judge can’t find any irreparable harm???
They already demolished it, so a temporary restraining order wouldn’t fix that. Anything they start to build can be destroyed later, so that wouldn’t be irreparable.
That is the reason and it is absolutely stupid. Like a contractor setting your house on fire being allowed to work near your new house because you can always replace the new one too.
U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon denied a motion by the National Trust for Historic Preservation that would have temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s construction of a new ballroom at the White House, but he set out some requirements for the Trump administration moving forward.
“Requirements” is an interesting word for things that will be ignored with no consequences.
“Who else but in our country would sue to stop a $400 million beautiful ballroom that people have been after for the White House?” the president said at a Hanukkah event.
The mysterious and vague “people” are at it again.
Started at $200m, then $300m, and now it’s up to $400m. The grift is strong.
