The Trump administration on Friday asked the US Supreme Court to allow construction to continue on the president's $400 million White House ballroom.
It comes a week after an appeals court ruled Donald Trump's ballroom project, planned for the site of the White House's East Wing after it was demolished, lacked congressional approval and ordered above-ground construction to stop.
"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," Trump's Solicitor General D. John Sauer wrote in a petition to the Supreme Court.
Chief Justice John Roberts set a deadline of Tuesday for a response by plaintiffs challenging the ballroom project.Trump assassination attempts and flight from Turkey mentioned
The nonprofit National Trust for Historic Preservation first brought the case after the East Wing was torn down and work began on a 90,000-square-foot (8,360-square-meter) ballroom.
