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Trump’s ballroom renovation just blew up in court
Trump Tried to Turn the White House Into a VenueThe Power He Did Not HaveThe core fact here is simple: Donald Trump does not get to demolish part of the White House and build a 90,000-square-foot ballroom on personal command. The DC Circuit said so, and it upheld Judge Richard Leon’s ruling that the project requires congressional approval. That is not a technicality. It is the Constitution reminding a president that the White House is not private property and the presidency is not a license to remodel national symbols in a fit of vanity.What the Court Actually SaidThe appeals court did not…
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