A federal judge on Feb. 26 allowed the ongoing ballroom construction project at the White House to continue, rejecting a preservation organization’s request to halt it for the second time in two months.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon denied a motion for a preliminary injunction, finding the plaintiff, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, cited the wrong legal authorities in its motion. The plaintiff “bases its challenge on a ragtag group of theories under the Administrative Procedure Act and the Constitution,” the Washington-based judge said.
The Administrative Procedure Act is a federal statute enacted in 1946 that governs administrative law procedures for federal executive departments and independent agencies, often requiring public input regarding government actions. The late Sen. Pat McCarran (D-Nev.) said the law was “a bill of rights for the hundreds of thousands of Americans whose affairs are controlled or regulated in one way or another by agencies of the federal government.”…
Federal Judge Declines for 2nd Time to Block White House Ballroom Construction
