The US Supreme Court ruled on August 31 to allow the White House ballroom renovation project to continue. On the same day, the Supreme Court passed an urgent appeal filed by the US government with a 5-4 vote, and rejected the previous lower court's ruling to suspend part of the construction on the project site. Chief Justice John Roberts and three liberal justices voted against. The Supreme Court did not make a physical ruling on the legality of the White House ballroom renovation project, but it believed that the US Heritage Conservation Organization National Historic Preservation Trust, which filed the lawsuit, may not be an eligible plaintiff. The ruling said, “There will be no ruling on the legality of the East Wing of the White House project today. Based on existing case file materials alone, the government is more likely to prove that the foundation is not eligible to prosecute under section 3 of the Constitution.”

The US Supreme Court ruled on August 31 to allow the White House ballroom renovation project to continue. On the same day, the Supreme Court passed an urgent appeal filed by the US government with a 5-4 vote, and rejected the previous lower court's ruling to suspend part of the construction on the project site. Chief Justice John Roberts and three liberal justices voted against. The Supreme Court did not make a physical ruling on the legality of the White House ballroom renovation project, but it believed that the US Heritage Conservation Organization National Historic Preservation Trust, which filed the lawsuit, may not be an eligible plaintiff. The ruling said, “There will be no ruling on the legality of the East Wing of the White House project today. Based on existing case file materials alone, the government is more likely to prove that the foundation is not eligible to prosecute under section 3 of the Constitution.”