2026-08-31T16:09:00-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：雅各布·罗森 司法部记者
杰克·罗森是负责报道美国司法部的记者。他此前曾作为竞选数字记者报道特朗普总统2024年竞选活动，还曾担任《玛格丽特·布伦南与本周直面国会》节目的助理制片人。
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华盛顿讯—— 最高法院周一继续允许新白宫宴会厅的施工，为特朗普总统大力支持的这座大型新建筑扫清了道路。
最高法院以5票赞成、4票反对的裁决，叫停了此前曾暂时叫停该项目的下级法院判决。该项目计划在东翼旧址上建造一座占地9万平方英尺的新宴会厅。
最高法院在一份未署名的意见书中表示，提起诉讼阻止该项目的美国国家历史保护信托基金不具备起诉的法定权利。该意见书并未涉及特朗普东翼改造项目的合法性。
首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨与三名自由派大法官持反对意见。
罗伯茨本月早些时候曾暂时允许宴会厅施工继续进行，为最高法院留出更多时间审议特朗普政府提出的紧急救济申请。
在这份未署名的意见书中，法院裁定下级法院法官叫停宴会厅施工“可能超出了其权限”。多数派意见援引了包括国家情报总监、特勤局、陆军和国务院负责人在内的高级政府官员的宣誓证词，这些官员表示宴会厅建设十分必要，并警告称，任何重大施工暂停都会损害政府利益，因为该项目地下包含国家安全设施。
“今天，我们不会对政府东翼项目的合法性作出评判，”法院表示。“我们仅得出结论，基于目前提交的材料，政府很可能会在法庭上证明，信托基金不具备第三条规定的起诉资格，且其余的暂缓审理因素支持救济申请。”
但罗伯茨在反对意见中表示，宴会厅的建设“很可能是非法的”。这位首席大法官与索尼娅·索托马约尔、埃琳娜·卡根和凯坦吉·布朗·杰克逊大法官一同指出，国会并未批准这项东翼改造项目。
罗伯茨还表示，信托基金成员艾莉森·霍格兰德所称的损害足以让诉讼继续进行。
“白宫绝非普通建筑，而就历史保护而言，霍格兰德也绝非普通个人，”他写道。“法院未能认识到这一点，误解了原告所受的损害，任由行政部门可能侵犯立法机构的财政权和对哥伦比亚特区联邦财产的监管权的行为继续存在。今天的判决绝非分权原则的胜利。”
特朗普总统就最高法院的裁决称赞了该宴会厅项目。
“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，”他在Truth社交平台上写道。“2028年夏季完工时，这座宏伟的宴会厅和军事综合体将成为整个国家引以为傲的存在。”
美国国家历史保护信托基金表示，对最高法院今天的裁决“深感失望，并 respectfully不同意多数派关于起诉资格的意见。值得注意的是，多数派并未就宴会厅项目是否合法作出评判。”
“我们对首席大法官罗伯茨强有力的反对意见感到欣慰，他重申了我们从案件一开始就坚持的立场——白宫宴会厅的建设是非法的，”该信托基金在一份声明中表示。“此外，这并非对案件实质问题的最终裁决，也未解决我们的核心论点——每位总统都是这座‘人民之家’的临时管理者，无权未经国会批准就拆除和重新设计它。”
“我们预计政府将提交调卷令申请，并期待对其进行审查。我们敦促最高法院尽快审议政府的调卷请愿书，我们将继续与合作伙伴一道，代表美国人民、国家的民主价值观以及对我国最具历史意义的场所的保护进行维权。”
本月早些时候，在联邦上诉法院裁定白宫未经国会批准无权建造这座耗资4亿美元的项目后，特朗普政府向法院提出了紧急救济申请。
美国哥伦比亚特区巡回上诉法院以2:1的投票结果得出结论，国会而非特朗普或白宫“对联邦财产及其维护和发展资金拥有完整的宪法控制权”，并指出“没有任何明示或默示的授权”赋予特朗普建造宴会厅的权力。
在提交给最高法院的文件中，副检察长D.约翰·佐尔请求大法官暂停下级法院关于停止地上施工的裁决，以待该项目的法律诉讼程序完结。此次改造还包括一个地下掩体、医疗设施和其他设施，法官已允许这些地下工程继续施工。
“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综合体的在建工程，包括一个完全安全的宴会厅空间，而这对国家安全至关重要，”佐尔写道。
佐尔写道，此次翻新“绝对必要，不应被禁止”，因为近期国内外针对特朗普的暗杀威胁增多，任何延误都会危及特朗普的安全。
佐尔在文件中表示，该项目的施工进度已完成65%，因为最初的地区法院停工令从未生效。他透露，一支250人的团队“每天工作20小时，每周工作7天”。
佐尔告诉最高法院，该建筑被描述为由混凝土和钢铁构成的“上部结构”，部分区域高达70英尺，深达五层，占地面积近5万平方英尺。白宫管理与行政办公室主任约书亚·费舍尔在一份声明中表示，该宴会厅由私人捐款资助，预计4亿美元的筹款目标已完成3.35亿美元。
“鉴于目前的进展，这个上部结构已经到了无法回头的地步，”他说。
白宫预计该建筑将在11月前“基本”完工，整个项目预计在2028年8月全部竣工，届时特朗普的任期仅剩五个月。
今年4月，上诉法院批准了司法部寻求的行政暂缓令，允许所有白宫宴会厅施工继续进行，同时法院审议相关简报并听取口头辩论。在法律程序拉锯期间，总统掩体和其他安保升级工程的地下施工也一直在进行。随后，哥伦比亚特区巡回上诉法院维持了地区法院的禁令。
美国国家历史保护信托基金的律师于去年年底提起诉讼，阻止该宴会厅项目。他们在回应特朗普政府的文件中辩称，如果允许宴会厅施工继续，该组织将遭受无法弥补的损害，并指责白宫试图“逃避司法审查”。
“归根结底，问题不在于‘从政策角度看，拟建的宴会厅是否可取’，甚至也不在于申请人最终是否能够建造这座宴会厅，”他们在一份文件中写道。“问题很简单，谁有权决定在联邦土地上建造宴会厅。我们的宪法制度和联邦法律将这一选择权交给了国会。”
信托基金的律师指责特朗普政府就该项目的性质反复更改立场，包括其关于宴会厅对国家安全至关重要的说法，而此前他们曾表示宴会厅可以独立于地下设施建造。他们重申，下级法院的命令允许地下掩体工程继续进行。
特朗普总统深度参与了该项目，经常在公开活动和Truth社交平台的帖子中提及这座宴会厅。周五的一条社交媒体帖子中，总统称信托基金是“叛国者”，并指责他们泄露“顶级军事机密”。
司法部提交给下级法院的部分法律文件采用了总统社交媒体帖子的风格，包括大小写使用不当和感叹号，这引发了人们质疑特朗普本人是否参与了简报的撰写工作。
Supreme Court continues to allow construction of Trump’s White House ballroom
2026-08-31T16:09:00-0400 / CBS News
By Jacob Rosen Justice Department Reporter
Jake Rosen is a reporter covering the Department of Justice. He was previously a campaign digital reporter covering President Trump’s 2024 campaign and also served as an associate producer for “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”
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Updated on: August 31, 2026 / 7:05 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington— The Supreme Court on Monday continued to allow construction of the new White House ballroom, clearing the way for the massive new structure that President Trump has championed.
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court halted lower court rulings that would have temporarily blocked the construction of a new 90,000-square-foot ballroom where the East Wing once stood.
The high court said in an unsigned opinion that the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which filed a lawsuit to block the project, did not have the legal right to sue. It did not address the legality of Mr. Trump’s East Wing project.
Chief Justice John Roberts joined with the three liberal justices in dissent.
Roberts had temporarily allowed work on the ballroom to continue earlier this month, giving the Supreme Court more time to weigh the Trump administration’s bid for emergency relief.
In its unsigned opinion, the court ruled that lower court judges “likely exceeded” their authority by blocking the ballroom. The majority pointed to sworn declarations from top administration officials, including the director of National Intelligence and heads of the Secret Service, Army and the State Department, who said the ballroom was necessary and had warned that any significant pause in construction would harm the government because of the national security facilities being built underground.
“Today, we do not pass upon the legality of the government’s East Wing project,” the court said. “We conclude only that, based on the submissions before us, the government is likely to prevail in showing that the Trust lacks Article III standing to challenge the project in federal court and that the remaining stay factors favor relief.”
But Roberts, writing in dissent, said that construction of the ballroom is “likely unlawful.” Joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, the chief justice said that Congress has not authorized the East Wing project.
Roberts also said the injuries asserted by Alison Hoagland, one of the Trust’s members, are sufficient to allow the lawsuit to go forward.
“The White House is not just any building, and — when it comes to historic preservation — Hoagland is not just any person,” he wrote. “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. Today’s decision is no victory for the separation of powers.”
Mr. Trump praised the ballroom project in response to the Supreme Court’s decision.
“We are living in the Golden Age of America, and this Building will be one of the Greatest ever constructed in Washington, D.C.,” he wrote on Truth Social. “When completed in the Summer of 2028, the magnificent Ballroom and Military Complex will be something that the entire Country is very proud of.”
The National Trust for Historic Preservation said it is “deeply disappointed in the Supreme Court’s ruling today and respectfully disagree with the majority’s opinion on standing. It is noteworthy that the majority did not weigh in on whether the ballroom project was in fact legal.”
“We are pleased with Chief Justice Robert’s strong dissent, which reiterated what we have maintained from the start of our case — that construction of the White House ballroom is unlawful,” the Trust said in a statement. “In addition, this is not the final decision on the merits of our case and does not resolve our fundamental argument — that each President is a temporary steward of the People’s House and does not have the unilateral authority to demolish and redesign it without the approval of Congress.”
We anticipate that the government will file an application for a writ of certiorari and look forward to reviewing it. We urge the Supreme Court to expeditiously consider the government’s certiorari petition, and we will continue to advocate with our partners on behalf of the American people, the democratic values of our nation, and the preservation of our country’s most historically significant places.
The Trump administration requested emergency relief from the court earlier this month after a federal appeals court ruled the White House lacked authority to build the $400 million project without congressional approval.
The divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit concluded that Congress — not Mr. Trump or the White House — has “full constitutional control over federal property and the funding of its maintenance and development,” and noted an “absence of any express or implied authorization” that grants Mr. Trump the ability to construct the ballroom.
In a filing with the court, Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the justices to pause the 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 Mr. Trump’s safety after recent domestic and international assassination plots against him.
Construction on the project is 65% done, Sauer wrote in the filing, because the initial district court order halting the construction has never gone into effect. He revealed that a 250-person crew is working “20 hours a day, 7 days a week.”
Described as a “superstructure” made of concrete and steel, Sauer told the high court that it rises up to 70 feet high in some places, stretches five stories deep and has a footprint of nearly 50,000 square feet. The ballroom is funded by private donations, and $335 million of an expected $400 million has been raised, Joshua Fisher, director for White House Management and Administration, said in a declaration.
“Given the current progress, the superstructure is beyond the point of return,” he said.
The White House anticipates the structure will be “substantially” completed by November, and the full project is expected to be wrapped by August 2028, when Mr. Trump will have just five months left in his term.
In April, the appellate panel granted an administrative stay sought by the Justice Department that allowed all White House ballroom construction to continue while the court considered briefs and heard arguments. Below-ground work on the presidential bunker and other security upgrades has continued as well during the legal back-and-forth. The D.C. Circuit then upheld the district court’s injunction.
Attorneys for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which filed suit to block the ballroom project late last year, argued in their response to the Trump administration that the organization would be irreparably harmed if the ballroom construction is permitted and accused the White House of attempting to “outrun judicial review.”
“In the end, the question is not ‘whether the proposed ballroom is desirable, or not, as a matter of policy.’ Nor is it even whether Petitioners may ultimately construct the ballroom,” they wrote in a filing. “The question is simply who decides whether a ballroom can be built on federal property. Our constitutional system and federal law commits that choice to Congress.”
Lawyers for the Trust accused the White House of shifting positions regarding the nature of the project, including its stance that the ballroom was necessary for national security, when previously it said the ballroom could be built independent of the below-ground facilities. They reiterated that the lower court orders allow work on the subterranean bunker to continue.
Mr. Trump has been deeply involved in the project, frequently raising the ballroom during public events and in posts on Truth Social. In a social media post Friday, the president called the Trust “treasonists” and accused them of revealing “top military secrets.”
Portions of some legal filings submitted by the Justice Department to lower courts have been written in the style of the president’s social media postings, including with misplaced capital letters and exclamation points, raising questions as to whether Mr. Trump himself participated in the brief-writing process.