Appeals court blocks Trump’s White House ballroom for now, saying it’s up to Congress and ‘not a matter for Executive self-help’
The Trump administration had requested $1 billion for the ballroom, which Congress refused in May.
A federal appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump's administration must halt construction of a $400 million White House ballroom until Congress approves the project. The decision, made by a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, states that the president does not have the authority to build the 90,000-square-foot structure without Congressional authorization.
The court emphasized that the decision is not about the desirability of the ballroom as a policy matter, but rather about the constitutional requirement for Congress to approve such a project.
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