Last year, President Trump ordered construction of a White House ballroom and a secure underground military facility.A DC busybody sued to stop it, and on Aug.
31, the Supreme Court killed this laughable lawsuit by a single vote.Mid-construction, long after the East Wing’s demolition, Chief Justice John Roberts joined the three Democrat women to try to shut down the president of the United States’ security improvement, expressly permitted by federal statute and Article II of the Constitution, to the White House complex.
This narrow 5-4 ruling proves precisely why Republicans must continue to nominate and confirm rock-solid constitutionalists all across the federal judiciary.For decades, the White House hosted large events in outdoor tents, with women’s high heels sinking into the soggy Rose Garden and other White House grounds.But that open setting provides a rich target for terrorists, including too many of today’s Democrats, who wish to harm the president.
The threat is all too real.Just over two years ago, Matthew Thomas Crooks nearly assassinated Trump at an open-air campaign rally in Butler, Pa.
Two months later, Ryan Routh attempted another assassination of Trump at a Florida golf course.In April, a third would-be assassin attempted to murder Trump in a DC hotel ballroom at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner.The White House helipad and new ballroom extension under construction in Washington, D.C.
on Aug.5, 2026.
(Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images)The dire need for a highly secure White House ballroom is obvious—and presidents and their guests long after Trump will enjoy its beauty, utility, and convenience.The White House regularly hosts heads of state, members of Congress, foreign diplomats, and other high-value targets of America’s enemies.
Any reasonable person ought to know that, in these disturbing times, we need the most enhanced security imaginable.Trump acted.
He ordered the demolition of the run-down, long-past...