2026-08-14T10:11:00-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：雅各布·罗森 司法部记者
华盛顿——特朗普政府周五向最高法院提出请求，要求介入并允许其在已拆除的白宫东翼原址上建造一座新的9万平方英尺宴会厅。
这项向最高法院提出的紧急救济请求，是在联邦上诉法院裁定白宫未经国会批准无权开展这项耗资4亿美元的工程一周后提出的。
在提交给最高法院的文件中，司法部副部长D.约翰·佐尔请求大法官暂停下级法院禁止地上施工的裁决，以便该工程的法律诉讼能够继续进行。这项翻新工程还包括一个地下掩体、医疗设施和其他配套设施，法官已允许相关施工继续开展。
“此案涉及一项非同寻常且非法的禁令，该禁令将叫停白宫东翼综合军事设施的在建工程，其中包括完全安全的宴会厅空间，而这对于国家安全而言至关重要，”佐尔写道。
佐尔指出，此次翻新工程“绝对必要，不应被禁止”，因为近期国内外针对特朗普总统的暗杀威胁不断，任何延误都将威胁到总统的安全。
特朗普政府的宴会厅工程相关文件
本月早些时候，美国哥伦比亚特区巡回上诉法院的一个法官小组支持了地区法院的裁决，认定白宫“极有可能”无权拆除并重建东翼，因为国会“对联邦财产及其维护和发展资金拥有完全的宪法控制权”。
法官们将裁决暂缓执行两周，以便政府有时间提起上诉。
在提交给最高法院的文件中，佐尔辩称地区法院的裁决“在第三条诉讼资格、案件实质和衡平原则方面存在明显错误，并制造了不必要的部门间冲突”。
“哥伦比亚特区巡回法院多数派在维持该裁决时，错误地将总统仅仅视为白宫的‘租户’……而地区法官实际上成了他的房东，”这位司法部副部长写道。“美利坚合众国总统并非租户，而是行政部门唯一的民选首脑，国会已授权他翻新、保卫和保护白宫及其场地，正如历届总统所享有的权限，并无例外。”
佐尔写道，该工程“整体已完成65%，正快速推进至全面完工”。
“一座钢筋混凝土的五层地下结构高达70英尺，占地面积近5万平方英尺，二楼以上的地上施工正在进行中，”他写道。
安德鲁·哈尼克 / 盖蒂图片社
针对上诉法院的裁决，特朗普先生在Truth社交平台上发帖称，政府“将立即向美国最高法院提起上诉”，并称该裁决“骇人听闻、带有政治动机且非法”。
“这项不公正的裁决必须被最高法院彻底推翻，”这位总统写道。
特朗普先生声称，他已从私人捐赠者和洛克希德·马丁、亚马逊、微软等大型企业筹集到了工程所需的4亿美元资金，其中许多企业与政府有业务往来。
根据法庭记录，这些资金由一家非营利组织筹集，转交国家公园管理局后，存入了一个通常用于白宫小型维修和维护的总统控制账户。
负责初审诉讼的美国地区法官理查德·利昂称这种付款机制是一个“鲁布·戈德堡式”的装置，鲁布·戈德堡是一位漫画家兼发明家，以制作复杂装置完成简单任务而闻名。
尽管法律诉讼仍在进行中，拟建宴会厅下方的总统掩体施工仍获允许继续进行，上诉法官小组在审理案件期间也准许施工继续。如果白宫不对该裁决提起上诉，除非国会批准适当的资金机制，否则施工将被迫停止。
Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in White House ballroom legal fight
2026-08-14T10:11:00-0400 / CBS News
By Jacob Rosen Justice Department Reporter
Washington— The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to intervene and allow him to construct a new 90,000-square-foot ballroom in place of the demolished White House East Wing.
The request for emergency relief to the Supreme Court comes one week after a federal appeals court ruled the White House lacked authority to build the $400 million project without congressional approval.
In a filing with the court, Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the justices to pause a lower court ruling that blocked above-ground construction while the legal battle over the project plays out. The overhaul also includes an underground bunker, medical facilities and other features, and judges have allowed that work to continue.
“This case involves an extraordinary and unlawful injunction that will halt the ongoing construction of the integrated military complex, including a totally secure ballroom space, at the East Wing of the White House, which is vitally required by national security,” Sauer wrote.
Sauer wrote that the renovations are “absolutely required and should not be enjoined” because any delay threatens President Trump’s safety after recent domestic and international assassination plots against him.
The Trump administration’s ballroom filing
Earlier this month, a panel of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia sided with the district court in finding that the White House “very likely” lacked authority to demolish and rebuild the East Wing, because Congress has “full constitutional control over federal property and the funding of its maintenance and development.”
The judges stayed their decision for two weeks to give the government time to appeal.
In his filing with the Supreme Court, Sauer argued that the district court’s ruling “rests on glaring errors as to Article III standing, the merits, and the equities, and creates a needless interbranch collision.”
“In upholding it, a D.C. Circuit majority wrongly viewed the President as a mere ‘tenant’ of the White House … with the district judge as his de facto landlord,” the solicitor general wrote. “The President of the United States of America is not a tenant, but rather the sole, elected head of the Executive Branch, and Congress has authorized him to renovate, secure, and protect the White House and its grounds, as other Presidents have been allowed to do, without exception.”
Sauer wrote that the project is “65% complete in its entirety, and moving quickly toward total completion.”
“A concrete-and-steel superstructure stretches five stories deep and 70 feet high, and occupies nearly 50,000 square feet, with construction on and above the second-story level above ground,” he wrote.
Construction on the East Wing ballroom at the White House on Aug. 10, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harnik / Getty Images
Reacting to the appeals court’s decision, Mr. Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social that the administration “will be immediately appealing to the United States Supreme Court” and called the ruling “horrendous, politically motivated, and unlawful.”
“This unjust decision must be overturned by the Supreme Court in its entirety,” the president wrote.
Mr. Trump has claimed to have raised the $400 million he says is necessary for construction from private donors and major corporations like Lockheed Martin, Amazon and Microsoft, many of which have business before the government.
The funds were collected by a nonprofit organization, handed off to the National Park Service and then deposited into an account controlled by the president that is normally used for minor White House repairs and maintenance, according to court records.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, the judge who oversaw the initial lawsuit, called the payment mechanism a “Rube Goldberg” machine, referring to the cartoonist and inventor who made complex contraptions to perform simple tasks.
While the legal challenge has played out, construction on the presidential bunker underneath the proposed ballroom has been permitted to continue, and the panel of appellate judges allowed work to continue as they decided the case. Had the White House not appealed the ruling, the construction would have been forced to stop unless Congress approved a proper funding mechanism.