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President Trump’s plan to erect a $400 million ballroom on the site of the White House's demolished East Wing faces a courtroom test today. Here’s what to know: |
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- U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in D.C. scheduled a hearing for 3:30 p.m. ET to consider the National Trust for Historic Preservation's request for a preliminary injunction to stop work on the 90,000-square-foot ballroom.
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The National Trust sued Trump and several federal agencies in December, arguing the project has proceeded without required approvals, environmental review or congressional authorization. Read the complaint.
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The group says federal law bars construction on federal parkland in Washington without the express authority of Congress. It also argues the National Park Service violated federal law by issuing an environmental assessment instead of a full impact statement, and by releasing it after demolition began on the 120-year-old East Wing.
- The administration has defended the legality of the project, arguing it followed in a long line of presidential renovations, including FDR’s construction of the East Wing itself.
- Leon in December declined to issue a temporary restraining order in the case.
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Mike Scarcella has more here.
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Immigration: The full 5th Circuit will hear arguments in the ACLU’s challenge to President Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act.
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Immigration: U.S. District Judge Sunshine Sykes in Riverside, California, will hold a status conference where she has asked immigrant rights' advocates and the DOJ to be prepared to address an email the chief immigration judge sent her colleagues last week telling them they were not bound to follow a ruling Sykes issued declaring it unlawful to subject thousands of migrants to mandatory detention without the option of being released on bond. Read the order.
- Civil Rights: U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston will hold a hearing to discuss a decision by the Trump administration to reverse course on firing nearly every employee at a 1960s-era agency within the DOJ that is tasked with quelling racial and ethnic tensions in U.S. communities.
- Antitrust: Fortnite maker Epic Games will try to persuade U.S. District Judge James Donato in San Francisco to approve an accord with Google ending a years-long antitrust feud over Google’s app store downloads and fees.
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LGBTQ+: U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Frink Wolf in Maine will consider whether to quash a subpoena the DOJ sent to the state’s governing body for high school sports competitions seeking information on students in connection with a lawsuit the Trump administration filed against the state over its refusal to ban transgender athletes from participating in women's and girls' sports.
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Contract: U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles in Alexandria will hold a motion hearing in a lawsuit brought by Marion Hammer, the NRA’s first female president, claiming the organization broke a 10-year consulting contract in 2024 and continued using her image for fundraising without compensation.
- Immigration: Minnesota faces a deadline today to reply to the Trump administration's response to the state's lawsuit seeking to block a surge of thousands of immigration agents in Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
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Government: Former Special Counsel Jack Smith will testify publicly before the House Judiciary Committee about his criminal investigation of President Trump.
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Court calendars are subject to last-minute docket changes. |
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- The 7th Circuit warned self-represented litigants over AI errors. Read more here.
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The ABA must face prominent conservative group American Alliance for Equal Rights’ lawsuit challenging the legality of its diversity scholarships for law students, U.S. District Judge Joan Gottschall in Chicago ruled. Read more here.
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