Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to allow work on a ballroom project to continue, arguing through his administration that the president should not be forced to seek permission from Congress before the work proceeds.
The administration said that making the US president go “hat-in-hand to Congress” for approval would be “dangerous”. The request puts the matter before the country’s highest court, where the administration is seeking permission for the work to carry on.
The supplied material does not provide further details about the nature of the ballroom work, the location of the project, the lower-court proceedings that led to the Supreme Court request, or the timetable for any decision.
The central point disclosed is the administration’s position that requiring congressional approval would improperly constrain presidential action. The Supreme Court is being asked to permit the work to continue while the legal dispute is addressed.
The latest known position is that the request has been made to the Supreme Court, with the administration pressing its argument that a requirement to obtain Congress’s permission would carry serious consequences.
