Justice Department lawyers said the courts are powerless to intervene in the dispute over the former East Wing.

The exchange came as the Trump administration argued against a legal challenge over the construction of Trump’s planned White House ballroom.

Department of Justice lawyers made the bizarre argument while defending Donald Trump’s ballroom.

A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments Friday about whether the Trump administration has the authority to build a White House ballroom.

A lawsuit to stop construction of the president’s ballroom project was too late, Justice Department lawyers told appeals court judges

Justice Department lawyers said the courts are powerless to intervene in the dispute over the former East Wing.

President Donald Trump’s push to construct a massive ballroom at the White House without congressional approval was sharply questioned by a federal appeals court on Friday during…

Trump administration has asked DC circuit court of appeals to reverse lower court decision which blocked construction of $400m ballroom

"They're out of their minds," responded Jessica Tarlov of Fox News.

"They're out of their minds," responded Jessica Tarlov of Fox News.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers representing the federal government argued Friday that a court could not stop construction of a White House ballroom it was already underway and because…

“So move fast and break things and nobody has standing?” U.S. Circuit Judge Patricia Millett asked during a hearing on the president's ballroom project.

A federal appeals court weighed whether to allow the Trump administration to continue construction on the White House ballroom project.

Lawyers representing the federal government argue that a court cannot stop construction of a White House ballroom because it was already underway and because of the sensitive…

In a hearing today about the president’s bulldozing of the East Wing...

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President Donald Trump could get away with bulldozing the Statue of Liberty on a whim if he wanted to, his lawyers argued in court as the legal fight over the ballroom continued.