{"id":5619,"date":"2026-08-31T21:37:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T21:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=5619"},"modified":"2026-08-31T21:37:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T21:37:45","slug":"john-roberts-stuns-with-dissent-as-supreme-court-rules-for-trumps-ballroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=5619","title":{"rendered":"John Roberts stuns with dissent as Supreme Court rules for Trump\u2019s ballroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump can move forward with the construction of his much-demanded White House ballroom. The opinion was split 5-4, with conservative Chief Justice John Roberts siding with his liberal counterparts in opposing the ballroom. According to Roberts, &#8220;The President ordered the demolition of the East Wing of the White House to make way for a new, privately funded state ballroom in its place. Construction of the ballroom has proceeded apace for the better part of a year. That construction is likely unlawful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=5617\">Trump \u2018has no plans\u2019 to use military to rig midterms: Joint Chiefs chairman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As NBC News explains, &#8220;The court, divided 5-4, granted an emergency request filed by the Trump administration, blocking lower court rulings that would have put the aboveground portion of the project on hold. This followed an interim decision along similar lines issued by Chief Justice John Roberts on Aug. 21. The legal challenge was brought by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which argued that the president did not have unilateral authority to proceed with construction. In the unsigned ruling, the court said that the trust likely does not have legal standing to bring the underlying lawsuit. The court did not reach any conclusion on whether Trump has authority to carry out construction without congressional approval.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we do not pass upon the legality of the government\u2019s East Wing project. We conclude only that, based on the submissions before us, the government is likely to prevail in showing that the Trust lacks &#8230; standing to challenge the project in federal court,\u201d the court declared. <\/p>\n<p>This technicality emerged from the unusual nature of the original lawsuit. According to NBC, &#8220;The trust\u2019s claim for standing hinges on made by member Alison Hoagland, a preservationist who lives in Washington and serves on the organization\u2019s board of trustees. Hoagland regularly walks by the White House, adding that she would &#8216;suffer both professional and personal injuries, including to my aesthetic, cultural and historical interests, if a ballroom of the proposed form and scale were constructed.&#8217; The Supreme Court majority concluded the court had never found legal standing in such a situation before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=5615\">Trump\u2019s voter suppression scheme just hit a major snag<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Barring another lawsuit,&#8221; noted Washington Post White House reporter Dan Diamond, &#8220;Trump poised to get his ballroom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the Hill, &#8220;In recent days, the Trump administration has insisted the ballroom is now too far along to stop construction. The Justice Department indicated in its Supreme Court filings that the project is 65 percent complete, with a concrete-and-steel structure already stretching five stories deep and 70 feet high.&#8221; A report by the Washington Post released on Friday, however, suggested that the White House may be dramatically inflating that number.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=5613\">Trump officials crash and burn with bizarre excuse for failing policies<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump can move forward with the construction of his much-demanded White House ballroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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