Donald Trump is facing legal action over the demolition of the White House’s East Wing, part of a $300 million plan to build a new ballroom on the executive grounds.

A Virginia couple, Charles and Judith Voorhees, filed an emergency motion in federal court on October 23 seeking to halt the project, alleging that it violates multiple federal preservation and planning laws.

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    22 hours ago

    What will that achieve?

    Courts already decided that he’s above the law when “carrying out official duties”, and this of course will be one of his duties.

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      16 hours ago

      He’s immune to prosecution and personal consequences from anything he does. They have not (yet) ceded the ability to tell him that government cannot legally do a thing and what it must do to correct it.

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        18 hours ago

        Hey! Raisins have too many wrinkles, and too much surface area, to be found in any orange skull.