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“Today's decision is no victory for the separation of powers.”
BBC News Supreme Court clears way for Trump to keep building White House ballroom ›
On the record · Updated October 1, 2026
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“an environmentalist can sustain a concrete, particularized aesthetic injury from the extinction of a particular animal or the transformation of a particular forest or river that he regularly enjoys”
on whether losing a view of a familiar animal or landscape counts as legal injury
The Guardian US supreme court allows Trump to keep building $400m White House ballroom ›
On the claim ledger Open
“That construction is likely unlawful”
on the Supreme Court allowing Trump's $400 million White House ballroom to proceed
Fox News The Supreme Court lets Trump keep building his $400 million ballroom by a single vote, and John Roberts joins the dissenters to call the work likely unlawful ›
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