A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to suspend construction of a $400 million ballroom after it demolished the East Wing of the White House. U.S.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington granted a preservationist group’s request for a preliminary injunction that temporarily halts President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project.
Leon, who was nominated to the bench by Republican President George W. Bush, concluded that the National Trust for Historic Preservation is likely to succeed on the merits of its claims because “no statute comes close to giving the President the authority he claims to have.”
Seems this judge hasn’t heard of the “try and stop me” statute.
could he prosecute the contractors if they continue a work that is illegal?
Judges don’t bring charges, prosecutors do. Presumably, the authority with jurisdiction over work on the White House would be the Trump DOJ.
Contempt.