{"id":5744,"date":"2026-08-22T09:37:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T09:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5744"},"modified":"2026-08-22T09:37:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T09:37:34","slug":"chief-justice-john-roberts-allows-trumps-ballroom-crews-to-keep-working-20-hour-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5744","title":{"rendered":"Chief Justice John Roberts allows Trump\u2019s ballroom crews to keep working 20-hour days"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The temporary order came hours before lower-court rulings would have forced a halt to aboveground construction of the project because Trump didn\u2019t get congressional approval.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5742\">Retired racer Jimmie Johnson credits his multimillion-dollar success to shining his shoes and arriving 10 minutes early: \u2018Small things matter\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It will remain in place until the Supreme Court issues a more durable decision, though the one-page document does not detail Roberts\u2019 reasoning or indicate when another ruling will be handed down. Roberts signed the order because he oversees emergency appeals of cases filed in the capital.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Ballroom case tests the limits of presidential power<\/h4>\n<p>The case is coming before\u00a0the nation\u2019s highest court\u00a0as Trump, a Republican, exercises unparalleled assertions of presidential power and increasingly seeks to mold the capital in his own image.<\/p>\n<p>The administration has argued that the president has total authority to renovate the White House and other federal buildings as he sees fit and that the ballroom project must be completed due to national security concerns.<\/p>\n<p>When Trump first announced the plans for a new ballroom, he did not emphasize national security. He said the project would be funded by private donations, including from himself.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The National Trust for Historic Preservation argues that Trump has no unilateral authority to undertake the work, which has included\u00a0demolishing the East Wing. Lawyers for the preservation group accused the White House of trying to \u201coutrun the courts\u201d by accelerating construction.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the trust said Friday that the order from Roberts is not a final decision and the group is awaiting further action. The full Supreme Court will likely weigh in next on whether construction can continue for the potentially long duration of the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump said his administration is grateful for Friday\u2019s decision, writing in a social media post that the project is \u201cunder budget and ahead of schedule.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=5740\">YouTube offers creators millions to not work with Netflix<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>While litigation plays out, the ballroom is going up quickly<\/h4>\n<p>The Trump administration says 65% of the work has already been completed on the planned 90,000-square-foot (8,400-square-meter) ballroom, where the East Wing stood before the president ordered\u00a0its demolition.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Crews are working 20 hours a day, seven days a week, on the project, where about $200 million in private donations has been spent or committed, according to court documents filed by the Justice Department.<\/p>\n<p>The work has proceeded against the backdrop of the litigation winding through the courts.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In April, a district court judge ordered a stop to the aboveground construction of the planned ballroom. That ruling was briefly suspended, then\u00a0upheld by an appeals court\u00a0panel. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington allowed work to continue only belowground on bunkers and military installations. Leon was nominated by President George W. Bush, a Republican.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Leon\u2019s decision was upheld by an appeals court panel, as two judges appointed by Democratic presidents found the project was for Congress to decide and \u201cnot a matter for Executive self-help.\u201d A third judge, appointed by Trump, found that the preservationist group challenging the project had no legal standing to sue.<\/p>\n<p>Solicitor General D. 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