Judge Slams Brakes On Trump's 250-Foot Arch Within Hours Of Final Approval A federal judge late Thursday temporarily blocked construction of President Trump's triumphal arch hours after the National Capital Planning Commission voted 8-4 to approve it.
FEIL - Architectural renderings of President Donald Trump's proposed triumphal arch, released by Harrison Design. (Harrison Design) U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a temporary restraining order barring "construction-related activity" for 14 days while the lawsuits against the project proceed, CBS News reported.
She wrote that the plaintiffs are "likely to succeed" in showing the government did not follow required legal processes , and pointed to "tangible economic harms" from traffic problems to support standing for Virginia and the District of Columbia.
The challengers are the attorneys general of Virginia and D.C.