The Supreme Court's Ballroom Decision: A Test of Executive Power The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow construction of its $600 million White House ballroom project, despite multiple lower courts ruling against President Donald Trump.
At stake is not just the legality of construction but also the limits of executive power and whether a president can unilaterally transform the nation's most iconic building into a private playground.
The government's claim that national security demands this extravagant project is tenuous at best.