SCOTUS Leaves the Door Open for Trump Ballroom DESTRUCTION?!?!

Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian cover the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision allowing construction of Trump's roughly $400 million White House ballroom to continue, a ruling that decided nothing about whether the project is legal and instead found the National Trust for Historic Preservation likely lacks standing to sue. Brian explains Article III standing doctrine and why the majority rejected preservationist Alison Hoagland's claimed injury, her diminished ability to view and appreciate the historic White House, as mere "offense, disagreement, or distaste," while Chief Justice Roberts, joined by the Court's three liberal justices in dissent, called the construction "likely unlawful" and warned Congress never gave the president "express authority" to erect new structures on federal park grounds. Shant walks through why almost nobody else has a viable path to sue either: individual legislators lack standing, a single chamber of Congress can't sue as a bloc, and even both houses acting together would face major hurdles, leaving a veto-proof act of Congress as one of the only real checks. Brian and Shant game out the absurd precedent this sets, since nothing in the ruling would stop a future president from building whatever they want on the White House grounds without congressional approval. Shant's bottom line: the Court didn't bless what Trump is doing, it just made sure nobody currently has the power to stop him.

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