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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday allowed the White House to continue construction on\u00a0President Donald Trump\u2019s $400 million ballroom project\u00a0for now, as the Supreme Court considers the Trump administration\u2019s emergency request to intervene in lawsuits over the project.<\/p>\n

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The temporary order comes hours before lower-court rulings would have forced a halt to aboveground construction. It will remain in place until the court issues a more durable decision, though the one-page document does not detail his reasoning or indicate when another ruling will be handed down.<\/p>\n

The order pauses the decision of a Washington-based judge who found that work must stop because Trump didn\u2019t get congressional approval. It was signed by Roberts because he oversees appeals of cases filed in the capital.<\/p>\n

The case comes before\u00a0the nation\u2019s highest court\u00a0as Trump, a Republican, exercises unparalleled assertions of presidential power and increasingly seeks to mold the capital in his own image.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has scored a series of victories on the high court\u2019s emergency docket, though the justices have ruled against some of the president\u2019s signature policies after fuller review.<\/p>\n

The administration has argued that the president has total authority to renovate the White House and other federal buildings as he sees fit and that the ballroom project must be completed due to national security concerns.<\/p>\n

When Trump first announced the plans for a new ballroom, he did not emphasize national security. He said the project would be funded by private donations, including from himself.<\/p>\n

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The National Trust for Historic Preservation argues that Trump has no unilateral authority to undertake the work, which has included\u00a0demolishing the East Wing. Lawyers for the preservation group accused the White House of trying to \u201coutrun the courts\u201d by accelerating construction.<\/p>\n

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A spokesperson for the trust said Friday that the order from Roberts is not a final decision and the group is awaiting further action from the court.<\/p>\n

The White House did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration says 65% of the work has already been completed on the planned 90,000-square-foot (8,400-square-meter) ballroom, where the East Wing stood before the president ordered\u00a0its demolition. Crews are working 20 hours a day, seven days a week on the project, where about $200 million in private donations has been spent or committed, according to court documents filed by the Justice Department.<\/p>\n

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A district court judge ordered a stop to aboveground construction of the planned ballroom in April in a ruling that was suspended before being\u00a0upheld by an appeals court\u00a0panel. The order from U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington allows belowground work on bunkers and military installations to continue. Leon was nominated by President George W. Bush, a Republican.<\/p>\n

Two appeals-court judges appointed by Democratic presidents found the project was for Congress to decide and \u201cnot a matter for Executive self-help.\u201d A third judge, appointed by Trump, found that the preservationist group challenging the project had no legal standing to sue.<\/p>\n

Solicitor General D. John Sauer picked up on that argument, calling the decision halting the work \u201cextraordinary and unlawful.\u201d He said the completion of the project was \u201cvitally required by national security.\u201d<\/p>\n

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