肯尼迪家族成员加入诉讼，阻止特朗普建造凯旋门
更新时间：2026年11月10日 美国东部时间晚上9:53 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻网
肯尼迪家族的数位成员已加入法律抗争，试图阻止特朗普总统在阿灵顿国家公墓附近建造一座大型凯旋门。
在周二提交的法庭文件中，这户著名家族的9名成员——包括罗伯特·F·肯尼迪司法部长和泰德·肯尼迪参议员的多名子女及孙辈——指出，这座250英尺高的拱门会遮挡肯尼迪家族墓地以及纪念约翰·F·肯尼迪总统的“永恒之火”的视线。罗伯特·F·肯尼迪、泰德·肯尼迪和约翰·F·肯尼迪三兄弟均安葬于阿灵顿。
家族成员写道，该项目将“永久笼罩在为国家牺牲的军人墓地上，包括肯尼迪家族的墓地”。
这些家族成员希望以原告身份介入此案，该诉讼旨在反对华盛顿哥伦比亚特区政府与弗吉尼亚州建造这座拱门。另有几名越南战争老兵也因该项目起诉特朗普政府。
“来自美国各地的民众前往阿灵顿，是为了致敬那些为国家服役和牺牲的人，”罗里·肯尼迪和马克斯韦尔·肯尼迪在一份关于此次诉讼的声明中表示，“一座高大的拱门投下的阴影，不仅笼罩着我们的父亲、母亲和叔伯的墓地，也笼罩着无数为国服役者的墓地，还会投射到我们的民主原则之上，破坏民选代表为保护这片圣地而建立的保障，使其能够惠及子孙后代。”
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻网联系美国司法部时，司法部对这份文件不予置评。
拟议中的拱门选址于华盛顿哥伦比亚特区波托马克河对岸、林肯纪念堂对面的一个环岛，是特朗普总统亲自推动的美国首都及周边众多建设项目之一。他的政府称，这座拱门将纪念美国独立250周年，最早计划于本月开工。
但该项目遭到地方官员、国会民主党人以及部分关注阿灵顿国家公墓的老兵和其他人士的强烈反对。反对者认为，特朗普政府未遵循建造拱门的正当法律程序，并警告称它会遮挡公墓与林肯纪念堂之间的视线。
由特朗普盟友占据多数席位的国家首都规划委员会，上周投票批准了该拱门的规划。但美国地区法官塔尼亚·查特甘迅速下令，禁止政府在14天内开展任何与“建设相关的活动”，裁定该计划很可能违法。原告已向法院申请更长期的禁令。
政府辩称，拟议中的拱门并不违反法律，并表示原告对该项目没有起诉资格。
白宫发言人戴维斯·英格尔上周在一份声明中表示：“我们相信，随着诉讼推进，我们终将证明自己完全正当，期待看到这座宏伟的拱门最终建成——它是对美国250年伟大历程的致敬。”
这并非肯尼迪家族成员首次批评特朗普对华盛顿地区的建筑改造。数名家族成员也曾公开反对特朗普试图将自己的名字添加到约翰·F·肯尼迪表演艺术中心的举措，包括该中心同名人士的侄女和侄孙女——克里·肯尼迪和乔·肯尼迪三世，两人都希望以原告身份加入凯旋门诉讼。
克里·肯尼迪的兄弟、美国卫生与公众服务部部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪今年早些时候告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻网，他未参与为该表演艺术中心更名的提议，也没有反对这一举措。
被问及一些亲属的反对时，他表示：“我当然理解他们的立场，但我有更重要的事情要处理。”
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Kennedy family members join lawsuit to block Trump’s triumphal arch
Updated on: November 10, 2026 / 9:53 PM EST / CBS News
Several members of the Kennedy family have joined the legal battle to prevent President Trump from building a large triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery.
In court filings Tuesday, nine members of the famous family — including several children and grandchildren of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and Sen. Ted Kennedy — argued the 250-foot-tall arch would block the sightlines of the Kennedy family’s gravesites and the “Eternal Flame” commemorating President John F. Kennedy. The three brothers — Robert F. Kennedy, Ted Kennedy and John F. Kennedy — are buried at Arlington.
The family members wrote that the project will “permanently cast a shadow over the graves of servicemen and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for this country, including the Kennedy Gravesites.”
The family members are seeking to intervene as plaintiffs in a lawsuit opposing the arch from the city of Washington, D.C., and the Commonwealth of Virginia. Several Vietnam War veterans are also suing the Trump administration over the arch.
“Americans from every corner of the country visit Arlington to honor those who served and sacrificed for our nation,” Rory Kennedy and Maxwell Kennedy said in a statement on the lawsuit. “A towering arch casting shadows across the graves of our father, mother, and uncles, as well as the graves of so many who have served our country, would also cast a shadow over our democratic principles, undermining the safeguards established by our elected representatives to protect this hallowed ground for generations to come.”
The Justice Department had no comment on the filing when reached by CBS News.
The proposed arch — slated for a traffic circle across the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial in D.C. — is part of a slew of construction projects in and around the nation’s capital that Mr. Trump has personally pushed for. His administration says the arch would commemorate 250 years of American independence. It sought to break ground as early as this month.
But the project has drawn stiff pushback from local officials, congressional Democrats and some veterans and others with an interest in Arlington National Cemetery. Opponents argue the Trump administration did not follow the proper legal processes to build the arch, and warn it would block the sightlines between the cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial.
The National Capital Planning Commission, which is stacked with Trump allies, voted to approve plans for the arch last week. But U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan quickly blocked the government from starting any “construction-related activity” for 14 days, finding the plan is likely illegal. The plaintiffs have asked the court for a longer-term injunction.
The government has argued the proposed arch does not violate the law, and says the plaintiffs don’t have standing to sue over the project.
White House spokesman Davis Ingle said in a statement last week: “We are confident we will be fully vindicated as this litigation proceeds and look forward to seeing the completion of this magnificent Arch — a tribute to 250 years of American greatness.”
It isn’t the first time that members of the Kennedy family have criticized Mr. Trump’s architectural overhaul of the D.C. area. Several family members have also spoken out against Mr. Trump’s attempts to add his name to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, including the niece and grandnephew of the center’s namesake, Kerry Kennedy and Joe Kennedy III, both of whom are seeking to join the triumphal arch lawsuit as plaintiffs.
Kerry Kennedy’s brother, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., told CBS News earlier this year he was not involved in the proposed name change for the performing arts center and did not recommend against the move.
“Of course, I understand it, but I have bigger fish to fry,” he said when asked about the pushback from some of his relatives.
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