首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨持反对意见，称这项私人出资的东翼项目“很可能违法”
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发布时间：2026年8月31日 美国东部夏令时下午4:26 | 更新时间：2026年8月31日 美国东部夏令时下午5:21
最高法院胜诉后特朗普继续推进舞厅建设
福克斯新闻记者卢卡斯·汤姆林森做客《福克斯新闻周日》节目，谈论最高法院下达临时命令后，总统唐纳德·特朗普继续推进舞厅建设一事。汤姆林森还谈及了华盛顿特区的自由250大奖赛，以及总统针对伊朗政权的经济竞选策略。
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最高法院再次支持特朗普政府，允许在下级法院对该案继续审理期间，白宫舞厅建设项目继续推进。
法院以5票对4票的投票结果批准了紧急申请。该决定取代了首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨在下级法院发布停工裁决生效前几小时下达的临时命令。相关诉讼将在下级法院继续进行，但法院文件显示，该项目的关键部分可能在数月内完工，进度可能超过法律程序。
特朗普迅速对该决定表示庆祝，称最高法院已为这项大型项目扫清障碍，“无需再做任何应急准备、不存在任何疑问或威胁”。
“我们正生活在美国的黄金时代，这座建筑将成为华盛顿特区有史以来最伟大的建筑之一，”特朗普在Truth Social的帖子中写道。
法律专家称：特朗普白宫舞厅反对者在最高法院面临“极具说服力的论据”
2026年8月28日，从华盛顿纪念碑观景台拍摄的白宫东翼舞厅在建工程。（亚伦·施瓦茨/法新社/Getty Images）
特朗普表示，这座“宏伟的舞厅和军事综合体”预计将于2028年夏季完工，并预计它将成为“整个国家都深感自豪的作品”。
他还抨击了国家历史保护信托基金，称其法律挑战是“毫无根据的诉讼”，并声称该项目既在预算之内，又提前于进度。
“这座舞厅完全由伟大的爱国者和企业资助，因此是一份礼物——美国纳税人无需承担任何成本，”特朗普写道。
总统庆祝胜利之际，首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨对最新命令发表了措辞强烈的反对意见，称舞厅建设“很可能违法”，并警告允许该项目继续推进可能会侵犯国会的宪法权力。
“总统下令拆除白宫东翼，为在原址新建一座私人出资的国宴舞厅让路，”罗伯茨写道。“这项舞厅建设工程已经推进了近一年时间。”
上诉法院要求联邦法官重新考虑暂停白宫舞厅建设一事，权衡国家安全关切
“该建设工程很可能违法，”他写道。
罗伯茨援引联邦法律称，未经国会明确授权，禁止在华盛顿特区的联邦政府公园土地上建造任何“建筑物或构筑物”。
这位首席大法官认为，舞厅完全属于该限制范围之内，因为它建在总统公园——包含白宫及其周边场地的联邦土地上。
“这座舞厅是在联邦公园土地——华盛顿特区的总统公园——上建造的建筑物或构筑物，”罗伯茨写道。“但国会并未通过任何类似‘明确授权’的法律，允许行政部门实施这项建设工程。”
特朗普称白宫舞厅裁决危及未来总统的生命，誓言向最高法院提起上诉
2026年4月20日周一，从华盛顿纪念碑俯瞰的新白宫舞厅建设现场。（朱莉娅·德马雷·尼基辛/美联社照片）
最高法院的决定允许在相关法律挑战审理期间继续建设，但并未解决舞厅项目是否合法的最终问题。
该案仍在下级法院审理中，这意味着罗伯茨关于建设“很可能违法”的表述只是他的反对意见，而非最高法院的最终裁决。
司法部援引白宫记者团枪击事件，请求驳回针对舞厅的诉讼
2025年10月22日，唐纳德·特朗普总统计划中的舞厅开工建设期间，重型机械正在拆除白宫东翼的一部分。（布伦丹·斯米亚洛夫斯基/法新社/Getty Images）
罗伯茨还对法院对待最初对该项目提出质疑的艾莉森·霍格兰的方式提出异议，认为白宫的历史性质和她对保护历史的利益应得到更多重视。
“白宫不仅仅是一座普通建筑，而且——在历史保护方面——霍格兰也不仅仅是普通个人，”罗伯茨写道。
有报道称纳税人承担了负担，共和党人质疑特朗普“私人出资”的舞厅说法
2025年10月23日，华盛顿特区，挖掘机正在清理白宫东翼拆除后的瓦砾。（埃里克·李/Getty Images）
“未能认识到这一点，法院就误解了原告所受的伤害，任由行政部门可能侵犯立法部门的财权和监管哥伦比亚特区联邦财产的权力的行为继续存在，”他写道。
“今天的裁决绝非权力分立的胜利。”
罗伯茨在反对意见的结尾援引了英国前首相温斯顿·丘吉尔的话，对决定白宫相关事务的方式发出了尖锐警告。
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“温斯顿·丘吉尔曾说过：‘我们塑造我们的建筑，而后我们的建筑也塑造我们’，”罗伯茨写道。
“这更有理由确保负责人员在决定拆除什么、在这座‘人民之家’里建造什么时遵守规则。”
“我谨此反对，”他写道。
除罗伯茨外，大法官索托马约尔、卡根和杰克逊也持反对意见。
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Trump’s White House ballroom construction gets another lifeline from SCOTUS amid heated legal fight
Chief Justice John Roberts dissented, calling the privately funded East Wing project ‘likely unlawful’
2026-08-31T16:26:35-04:00 / Fox News
By Stepheny Price , Bill Mears, Fox News
Published August 31, 2026 4:26pm EDT | Updated August 31, 2026 5:21pm EDT
Trump continues ballroom construction after Supreme Court win
Fox News correspondent Lucas Tomlinson joins ‘Fox News Sunday’ to discuss President Donald Trump’s continuation of ballroom construction after the Supreme Court’s temporary order. Tomlinson also discusses the Freedom 250 Grand Prix race in Washington, D.C., and the president’s economic campaign against the Iranian regime.
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The Supreme Court has again sided with the Trump administration, allowing construction on the White House ballroom project to continue while the case continues to be litigated in the lower courts.
The court split 5-4 in granting the emergency request. The decision replaces a temporary order Chief Justice John Roberts issued just hours before a lower-court ruling blocking the work was set to take effect. The underlying litigation will continue in the lower courts, but court documents indicate key parts of the project could be completed within months, potentially outpacing the legal process.
Trump quickly celebrated the decision, declaring that the high court had cleared the way for the massive project to move forward “without any further contingency, doubt, or threat.”
“We are living in the Golden Age of America, and this Building will be one of the Greatest ever constructed in Washington, D.C.,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
TRUMP’S WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM FOES FACE ‘VERY TOUGH ARGUMENT’ AT SUPREME COURT, LEGAL EXPERTS SAY
A view of ongoing construction of the East Wing ballroom at the White House, as seen from the Washington Monument observation deck in Washington, DC on August 28, 2026.(Aaron Schwartz / AFP via Getty Images)
Trump said the “magnificent Ballroom and Military Complex” is expected to be completed in summer 2028 and predicted it will be “something that the entire Country is very proud of.”
He also took a swipe at the National Trust for Historic Preservation, blasting its legal challenge as a “baseless lawsuit” and claiming the project is both under budget and ahead of schedule.
“The Ballroom is totally funded by Great Patriots and Corporations and, therefore, is a Gift — At no cost to the American Taxpayer,” Trump wrote.
The president’s victory lap came as Chief Justice John Roberts issued a strongly worded dissent from the latest order, declaring that construction of the ballroom is “likely unlawful” and warning that allowing the project to proceed risks infringing on Congress’ constitutional powers.
“The President ordered the demolition of the East Wing of the White House to make way for a new, privately funded state ballroom in its place,” Roberts wrote. “Construction of the ballroom has proceeded apace for the better part of a year.”
APPEALS COURT SAYS FEDERAL JUDGE MUST RECONSIDER BLOCKING WH BALLROOM, WEIGH NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS
“That construction is likely unlawful,” he wrote.
Roberts pointed to federal law that prohibits the construction of any “building or structure” on federal government parkland in Washington, D.C., without express authorization from Congress.
The chief justice argued that the ballroom falls squarely within that restriction because it is being built on President’s Park, federal land that encompasses the White House and surrounding grounds.
“The ballroom is a building or structure being erected on federal park grounds—President’s Park—in the District of Columbia,” Roberts wrote. “Yet Congress has not passed any law resembling ‘express authority’ for the Executive’s construction of it.”
TRUMP SAYS WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM RULING JEOPARDIZES LIVES OF FUTURE PRESIDENTS, VOWS SUPREME COURT APPEAL
Construction on the new White House ballroom is seen from the Washington Monument, Monday, April 20, 2026, in Washington.(Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
The Supreme Court’s decision allows construction to continue while the underlying legal challenge plays out, but it does not settle the ultimate question of whether the ballroom project is lawful.
The case remains in litigation in the lower courts, meaning Roberts’ assertion that the construction is “likely unlawful” represents his view in dissent rather than a final determination by the Supreme Court.
DOJ CITES WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS’ DINNER SHOOTING IN PUSH TO DROP LAWSUIT AGAINST BALLROOM
Heavy machinery tears down a section of the East Wing of the White House as construction begins on President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom on October 22, 2025.(Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
Roberts also took issue with the court’s treatment of Alison Hoagland, who originally challenged the project, arguing that both the historic nature of the White House and her interest in its preservation deserved greater weight.
“The White House is not just any building, and—when it comes to historic preservation—Hoagland is not just any person,” Roberts wrote.
REPUBLICANS QUESTION TRUMP’S ‘PRIVATELY FUNDED’ BALLROOM AFTER REPORT POINTS TO TAXPAYER BURDEN
An excavator works to clear rubble after the East Wing of the White House was demolished on Oct. 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C.(Eric Lee/Getty Images)
“In failing to appreciate as much, the Court misconceives the plaintiff’s injury, allowing the Executive’s likely infringement of the Legislature’s power of the purse and authority to regulate federal property in the District of Columbia to continue,” he wrote.
“Today’s decision is no victory for the separation of powers.”
Roberts closed his dissent by invoking former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and issuing a pointed warning about how decisions involving the White House are made.
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“Winston Churchill once remarked that ‘[w]e shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us,’” Roberts wrote.
“All the more reason to ensure that those responsible follow the rules in deciding what to tear down and what to build up at the People’s House.”
“I respectfully dissent,” he wrote.
In addition to Roberts, Justices Sotomayor, Kagan and Jackson also dissented.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Stepheny Price is a Writer at Fox News with a focus on West Coast and Midwest news, missing persons, national and international crime stories, homicide cases, and border security.
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