2026-08-14T13:31:46.404Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普请求最高法院允许其在白宫修建一座宴会厅，援引此前针对特朗普本人的生命威胁、国家安全需求以及建筑价值作为理由。
这项于周五提交的紧急申请，是在下级法院多次裁定特朗普必须先获得国会批准，才能推进这项耗资4亿美元的工程之后提出的。
最新的驳回裁定于上周出炉，华盛顿特区一家上诉法院表示，总统无权单方面推进这座规划中的宴会厅项目，并下令他在前东翼场地停止施工，直到 lawmakers 批准该项目。但该法院暂停执行其裁决14天，给特朗普留出时间向大法官提起上诉。
美国副检察长约翰·绍尔在提交给最高法院的文件中称，东翼的建筑工程“绝对必要”，以保障总统的安全，并提及近年来针对特朗普的多次刺杀企图。
“美利坚合众国总统并非租客，而是行政部门唯一经选举产生的首脑，国会已授权他翻新、加固和保护白宫及其场地，正如历届总统所享有的权限，毫无例外，”绍尔写道，“这项禁令是‘超越联邦法院正当权限的司法越权行为’。”
这是特朗普的私人项目首次被提交至最高法院审理。近几个月来，下级法院在审理一系列质疑其改造华盛顿计划的案件时，对他为自身做法辩护的论点持怀疑态度，或作出不利于其诉求的裁决。
在这起宴会厅案件中，哥伦比亚特区巡回上诉法院于8月7日支持一名联邦法官的裁决，下令特朗普停止宴会厅地上部分的施工。两项裁决均允许继续修建宴会厅下方的高度复杂掩体。
“是否应当修建一座大型宴会厅，应由国会决定，而非行政部门自行其是，”该上诉法院以2比1的投票结果作出上述裁决。
此案由美国全国历史保护信托基金于去年提起，该基金是美国顶级历史保护组织。
“全国历史保护信托基金令人信服地证明，国会并未将无限制的权力让渡给行政部门，允许其彻底重新设计、改造和重建‘人民之家’白宫，以迎合某位总统的个人意愿，”上诉法院在裁决中总结道。
特朗普政府周五辩称，下级法院允许继续修建安全掩体的例外条款并不足够，并表示该裁决“威胁到总统的安全”。
“整个宴会厅建筑的设计目的是为其下方的军事设施提供掩护，”绍尔写道，“停止该项目将延误这项至关重要的工程，使这位多次成为刺杀目标的总统面临更大的安全风险，也会威胁到未来总统的安全。”
宴会厅的地上工程于春季启动，已取得相当大的进展。特朗普在8月初发布的照片显示，现场可见多层混凝土支撑柱和钢筋，以及包括塔式起重机在内的大量施工设备。
总统本人亲自参与了宴会厅的细节设计，从平面图到大理石选材均有过问。据首席建筑师沙洛姆·巴兰斯透露，这座规模庞大的宴会厅项目总面积约为8.9万平方英尺。相比之下，白宫主体建筑行政官邸仅为5.5万平方英尺。
特朗普坚称，该项目不受任何监督，他无需经过任何严格审查即可继续推进。
政府周五表示，“国会已授权总统‘自行决定’对白宫进行‘改建’和‘修缮’”。
特朗普曾表示，该项目将于2028年夏季完工，这一完工时间比他卸任提前了数月。
其政府向最高法院辩称，在当前阶段冻结施工“将为特勤局制造重重障碍，进一步危及安全”。
“这座已部分完工、高70英尺的混凝土钢结构上部结构，‘目前无法放任不管’，否则将遭遇严重挫折，从根本上破坏当前已完工部分的整体结构完整性，更不用说如果其稳定性或强度不足以抵御风力和重载，将带来‘重大安全风险’，”绍尔说道。
“宏伟的科林斯柱式”
周五提交的申请称，宴会厅的设计灵感源自最高法院大楼，“尤其是其宏伟的科林斯柱式——这被视为建筑界最高级的柱式”。
绍尔表示，这些采用“最高等级印第安纳州石灰岩”打造的柱材已运往意大利，“正由全球顶尖艺术家之一进行雕刻”。
“交付与安装工作即将启动，”他说。
本文为持续更新报道，后续将跟进最新动态。
Trump asks Supreme Court to let him build ballroom, citing national security needs and architectural values
2026-08-14T13:31:46.404Z / CNN
President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to allow him to build a ballroom at the White House, citing previous threats to Trump’s life, national security needs and architectural values.
The emergency request filed Friday comes after lower courts repeatedly ruled that Trump needed approval from Congress before moving forward with the $400 million project.
The latest rebuke came last week, when an appeals court in Washington, DC, said the president lacked any authority to unilaterally pursue the planned ballroom and ordered him to stop work at the site of the former East Wing until lawmakers gave their blessing. But the court paused implementation of its decision for 14 days to give Trump time to appeal to the justices.
US Solicitor General John Sauer argued in the filing with the Supreme Court that the East Wing construction was “absolutely required “ for the president’s safety, noting the attempts that have been made on Trump’s life in recent years.
“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. “The injunction is ‘judicial overreach beyond the proper province of the federal courts.’”
The request is the first time any of Trump’s pet projects has landed before the Supreme Court. In recent months, lower courts sifting through a litany of cases challenging his plans to remake Washington have looked skeptically at his arguments defending his approach or issued rulings frustrating his pursuits.
In the ballroom case, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals agreed on August 7 with a federal judge’s ruling directing Trump to halt work on the above-ground portions of the ballroom. Both rulings permitted construction of a highly sophisticated bunker under the ballroom to continue.
“Whether or not a massive ballroom should be constructed is for Congress to decide and is not a matter for Executive self-help,” the DC Circuit said in its 2-1 ruling.
The case was brought last year by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the nation’s top historic preservation group.
“The National Trust has shown, compellingly, that 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 concluded.
The Trump administration argued Friday that the carveout the lower courts made for continued construction of the security bunker was not enough, and said the order “threatens the security and safety of the President.”
“The entire ballroom structure is designed to shield the military installation beneath it,” Sauer wrote, “Halting the Project will stall this vital construction, making this President — the subject of recurrent assassination attempts — much less safe, and risking future Presidents’ safety.”
Above-grade construction on the ballroom began in the spring and has made considerable progress. Images posted by Trump in early August reveal multiple levels of concrete support columns and metal rebar amid a significant amount of construction equipment, including a tower crane.
The president has been personally involved in ballroom details, from floor plans to marble selection. The sprawling ballroom project has an estimated size of approximately 89,000 square feet, according to lead architect Shalom Baranes. By contrast, the primary White House structure, the Executive Mansion, is just 55,000 square feet.
Trump has maintained that the project isn’t subject to any oversight and that he should be able to continue with it without any serious scrutiny.
The administration said Friday that “Congress gave the President the power to make “alteration[s]” and “improvement[s]” to the White House “as the President may determine.”
Trump has said it will be finished in the summer of 2028, an expedited timeline for completion months before he leaves office.
His administration argued to the Supreme Court that freezing the construction at this stage “would create a veritable obstacle course for the Secret Service, further imperiling safety.”
“The partially finished, 70-foot concrete-and-steel superstructure ‘cannot be largely left alone at this point’ without tremendous setbacks that will fundamentally compromise the integrity of everything currently built there,’ not to mention the ‘major safety risk’ from leaving it with inadequate’ stability or strength to handle wind and heavy loads on [its] own,” Sauer said.
‘Magnificent Corinthian columns’
Friday’s filing said the ballroom’s design had been inspired by the Supreme Court “and, in particular, its magnificent Corinthian columns — considered the highest column order in architecture.”
The columns, made of the “highest-grade Indiana limestone” that had been shipped to Italy, “are being being carved by some of the greatest artists anywhere in the world,” Sauer said.
“Delivery and installation will begin shortly,” he said.
This is a developing story and will be updated.