The Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 to allow construction of a new White House ballroom and underground security facility to continue, overturning a lower-court injunction that had halted above-ground work on the project. Fox News opinion writer Mike Davis argues the case underscores the importance of appointing "constitutionalist" judges, criticising the district and appeals court judges who initially sided against the Trump administration as having improperly blocked a lawful executive branch security decision.

The lawsuit was brought by Alison Hoagland, a member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, who argued the ballroom project, which involved demolishing the White House's East Wing, was aesthetically objectionable. A DC district judge, later upheld by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, had blocked further above-ground construction unless deemed strictly necessary for the underground facility. The Supreme Court's narrow ruling on 31 August overturned that block, with Chief Justice John Roberts dissenting alongside three other justices. The author cites recent assassination attempts against Trump, including incidents in Butler, Pennsylvania, and Florida, as justification for the enhanced security measures.