A federal appeals court said Saturday that President Donald Trump can move ahead for another week with construction of a massive new White House ballroom while judges consider the project. The 2-1 order from the DC Circuit Court of Appeals is a temporary win for Trump in a protracted legal fight over whether he has the authority to build the ballroom on the site of the former East Wing without express approval from Congress.
The appeals court said work on the project can continue until at least April 17. The court sent the case back down to a federal judge who initially ruled against it, saying he needed to look closer at the White House’s argument that construction must continue for national security and safety reasons, and adding that the appeals court couldn’t scrutinize the notion on a “hurried record.”
“It remains unclear whether and to what extent the development of certain aspects of the proposed ballroom is necessary to ensure the safety and security of those below-ground national security upgrades or otherwise to ensure the safety of the White House and its occupants while the appeal proceeds,” the judges in the majority wrote.
Of course, all this ballroom drama is only happeing because it's Trump's project as plenty of past President's have done renovations on the White House without anyone making a big deal about it. Hell, even the federal arts commission recently gave Trump approval for the ballroom, which is also being funded via private donations and Trump himself (instead of taxpayers). You'd think all that alone would be enough for the Left to fall back and just let the ballroom get completed, especially now that it's halfway doem. But leave it to these activist judges working in cahoots with anti-Trump far-Left groups that hate anything to do with the President to keep getting in the way of progress, even when it ends up being good for everyone involved.
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