Federal judge issues preliminary injunction
President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom on the former site of the White House’s East Wing cannot move forward without authorization from Congress, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Richard J. Leon said when issuing a preliminary injunction on Tuesday.
Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, found that the nonprofit National Trust for Historic Preservation, the plaintiff in the case, was likely to succeed with its argument that the Trump administration would overstep its statutory and constitutional authority if it moved forward with the project.
Leon said the Trump administration’s arguments assumed that “Congress has granted nearly unlimited power to the President to construct anything, anywhere on federal land in the District of Columbia, regardless of the source of funds.”
“This clearly is not how Congress and former Presidents have managed the White House for centuries, and this Court will not be the first to hold that Congress has ceded its powers in such a significant fashion!” Leon said.
Leon also rejected the Trump administration’s argument that delaying construction would “imperil national security and expose the White House to damage,” referring to it as “grasping for straws.”
Yet the basketball court and bowling alley were not subject to these restrictions….
The TDS is strong with these demoncrats!
The Ball Room will be built !!!