2026-08-07 14:25:46 UTC / 路透社
作者：迈克·斯卡塞拉
2026年8月7日 格林尼治标准时间14:25，更新于5分钟前
2026年8月4日摄于美国华盛顿特区，从华盛顿纪念碑窗口拍摄的白宫宴会厅施工现场。路透社/埃里克·李 版权所有
- 上诉法院给予政府14天时间向最高法院提起上诉
- 法官曾两次禁止地上施工，同时允许地下工程继续进行
- 司法部辩称法院无权审查该私人资助项目
华盛顿8月7日路透电 — 美国联邦上诉法院周五下令唐纳德·特朗普政府停止在白宫已拆除的东翼旧址上建造一座价值4亿美元的宴会厅，这给这位共和党领导人的相关诉讼带来重大打击，该案件正考验着他的总统职权。
总部位于华盛顿的美国哥伦比亚特区巡回上诉法院以2比1的分歧裁决，维持了美国国家历史保护信托基金会获得的初步禁令。该基金会去年提起诉讼，原因是政府拆除东翼并开始建造一座9万平方英尺（约合8360平方米）的宴会厅，却未寻求国会授权。
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“是否应当建造这座大型宴会厅应由国会决定，而非行政部门自行决定，”该合议庭多数意见写道。“国会并未将不受限制的权力让渡给行政部门，让其可以为迎合某位总统的意愿，大幅重新设计、改造和重建白宫——这座‘人民之家’。”
上诉法院将其裁决暂缓14天，以便特朗普政府向美国最高法院提起上诉。
白宫和司法部未立即回应置评请求。
此前，美国地区法官理查德·里昂两次禁止该场地的地上施工，同时允许地下工程继续进行，特朗普随后提起上诉。
里昂是共和党前总统乔治·W·布什的任命官员，他曾裁定，没有任何联邦法律“几乎能赋予总统”无需国会批准即可建造宴会厅的必要权力。
政府将该宴会厅计划描述为举办大型正式活动以及保障白宫安全所必需，这是特朗普重塑华盛顿市中心政府建筑和国家地标景观的多项举措中规模最宏大的一项。
另一起诉讼中的法官近日裁定，特朗普的名字被非法添加到肯尼迪表演艺术中心外墙，下令将其移除。
在这场宴会厅项目诉讼中，司法部律师雅各布·罗斯在6月5日的哥伦比亚特区巡回法院庭审中表示，法院无权评判这个私人资助的项目，且任何时候叫停该项目都不妥当。
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罗斯称，国家历史保护信托基金会“对建筑风格的偏好”不应凌驾于国家安全关切之上，他指出有证据表明，原东翼建筑让白宫内的总统及其他人容易受到袭击。
“他们只是不想去国会，”该保护组织的律师萨迪厄斯·霍伊尔反驳道。
特朗普为他的宴会厅项目及其造价辩护，该项目成本已较最初预估翻倍。特朗普上月在Truth社交平台的一篇帖子中表示，成本上涨是因为“项目规模约为最初方案的两倍，质量也远高于最初提议”，并承诺“这座宴会厅将宏伟壮观、安全可靠！”
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US appeals court blocks Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom project
2026-08-07 14:25:46 UTC / Reuters
By Mike Scarcella
August 7, 2026 2:25 PM UTC Updated 5 mins ago
Construction of a ballroom at the White House seen from a window at the Washington Monument, in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 4, 2026. REUTERS/Eric Lee Purchase Licensing Rights
- Appeals court gives administration 14 days to seek Supreme Court review
- Judge had twice barred above-ground work while allowing underground construction to continue
- Justice Department argued courts cannot review the privately funded project
WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) – A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to stop construction on a $400 million ballroom on the site of the White House’s demolished East Wing, dealing the Republican leader a major setback in a case testing his presidential authority.
The Washington-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in a divided 2-1 order upheld a preliminary injunction won by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which sued last year after the administration tore down the East Wing and began building a 90,000-square-foot (8,360-square-meter) ballroom without seeking authorization from Congress.
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“Whether or not a massive ballroom should be constructed is for Congress to decide and is not a matter for Executive self-help,” the panel’s majority wrote. “Congress has not ceded unfettered authority to the Executive Branch to dramatically redesign, reshape, and reconstruct the White House — the People’s House — to fit a particular President’s desires.”
The appeals court placed its ruling on hold for 14 days to allow the Trump administration to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The White House and Justice Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Trump appealed after U.S. District Judge Richard Leon twice blocked above-ground construction on the site while allowing underground work to continue.
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Leon, an appointee of Republican former President George W. Bush, had ruled that no federal statute “comes close to giving the President” the required authority to construct the ballroom without congressional approval.
The ballroom plan, which the administration has described as necessary for large formal functions and to preserve the safety of the White House, is the grandest of several Trump efforts to reshape central Washington’s landscape of government buildings and national monuments.
A judge in a separate lawsuit recently said Trump’s name was illegally added to the exterior of the Kennedy Center performing arts center and ordered its removal.
In the ballroom case, Justice Department attorney Yaakov Roth said during D.C. Circuit arguments on June 5 that the courts have no role in weighing the privately funded project and that it would have been improper to block it at any point.
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Roth said the National Trust’s “architectural preference” against the ballroom shouldn’t take precedence over national security concerns, claiming evidence that the former East Wing left the president and others in the White House vulnerable to attack.
“They just don’t want to go to Congress,” countered Thaddeus Heuer, a lawyer for the preservation group.
Trump has defended his ballroom and its price tag, which has doubled from initial projections. Trump said in a post on Truth Social last month that the cost rose because “it is approximately twice the size, and a far higher quality, than the original proposal” and promised “it will be magnificent, safe, and secure!”
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Reporting by Mike Scarcella; Editing by David Bario, Sanjeev Miglani and Andrea Ricci
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