CREW just filed a new amicus brief with the Supreme Court against the Trump White House ballroom
- Tue, Aug 18 2026 at 12:57 PM
Mark, here’s some news about CREW’s continued fight against Trump’s attempt to grab power for the sake of his pet projects:
CREW just filed a brief with the Supreme Court arguing that President Trump's East Wing ballroom project violates our constitutional system of separation of powers.
Congress—not the president—has the power of the purse, and it has neither authorized nor appropriated spending on this project.
Alongside our partners at the Campaign Legal Center, we’re asking the Court to deny Trump’s request to keep construction moving and uphold the lower court’s decision stopping the project.
But Mark, this isn’t just about the ballroom. It’s about protecting the separation of powers, preventing quid pro quo corruption and ensuring that the administration does not fundamentally transform one of the nation’s landmarks without the input of Americans’ representatives in Congress.
President Trump has spent his second term creating pay-to-play opportunities for corporations to curry favor and advance his personal priorities, without regard for the Constitution or the American people’s best interests.
This includes the White House ballroom project.
As our brief highlights, Trump has raised over $400 million for this project from major corporate donors, including Coinbase, Ripple and Lockheed Martin.
These companies and other donors also have significant interests that are already before or likely to come before the federal government. Their funding of the president’s legacy project calls into question whether those interests will be improperly protected or favored.
Mark, the Constitution’s system of checks and balances ensures that no individual or branch of government holds absolute power.
Yet the president is ignoring this design by unilaterally demolishing the East Wing of the White House and trying to construct a massive ballroom with private funds, raising the risk of corruption that constitutional checks are supposed to prevent.
Without requiring Congress’s approval for this type of spending, special interest donors can leverage private funding to shape federal policy for their own benefit.
That’s why CREW is urging the Supreme Court to deny the request for a stay and ensure that this administration isn’t allowed to run roughshod over the separation of powers and dodge congressional approval for spending taxpayer dollars.
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