A Virginia couple is suing to stop Trump’s $300 million White House ballroom, calling it unlawful and historically reckless.

A Virginia couple, Charles and Judith Voorhees, filed an emergency motion in federal court on Thursday, seeking to halt the project, alleging that it violates multiple federal preservation and planning laws.

The Voorhees lawsuit seeking to halt the project argues that Trump bypassed laws meant to protect national landmarks and public transparency.

At stake is whether a sitting president can unilaterally alter one of the country’s most symbolically important buildings, or whether the “People’s House” must remain subject to the same review and accountability standards that govern other federal projects.

  • mech@feddit.orgEnglish
    4·
    10 hours ago

    Throw it on the pile with the other lawsuits.

    No judge will order an arrest warrant against him, cause no matter if the police carries it out or refuses, it could trigger a civil war.

    But when you can’t get arrested, all other rulings and convictions are just pieces of paper.

    • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      10 hours ago

      No judge will order an arrest warrant against him, cause no matter if the police carries it out or refuses, it could trigger a civil war.

      “A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.”

      • Alexander Hamilton