The DC Preservation League has joined a coalition of 11 non-profit organizations that specialize in historic preservation, architecture, urban planning, and park protection in the filing of an amicus curiae brief (friend of the court brief) in support of the lawsuit brought by the National Trust for Historic Preservation to stop President Trump from continuing construction of a massive, above-ground ballroom on the White House grounds.
The brief asks the appeals court to uphold a lower court’s preliminary injunction that successfully blocked any further above-ground construction of the ballroom. Because, the Commissions green-lit the Ballroom project despite expert testimony and nearly complete public opposition, the justice system must enforce the law and remind the executive branch that the nation’s capital is not a private real estate portfolio.
