President Obama Vows Supreme Court Fight for His Right to Build an Enormous Ballroom
Appeals court rules Congress must approve the construction; supporters call ruling judicial overreach, will reverse position upon next administration
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WASHINGTON — President Obama announced this week that he will take his ballroom to the Supreme Court, after a federal appeals panel ruled that attaching a very large ballroom to the White House is the sort of thing Congress is supposed to sign off on first.
Reaction fell along predictable lines, which is to say, along whichever lines the reader walked in with. Supporters of the President praised the project as a long-overdue investment in American hospitality infrastructure. Opponents called it a monument to vanity erected while ordinary families struggle. Both groups confirmed they would be exchanging scripts at the next inauguration, as is tradition.
