People are making fun of this as a bad lawyer answer, but… this actually seems like an accurate description of the Trump argument. Like… the only way for this ballroom to work is if you accept that he can tear down every monument
Joe Patrice
“If the government decides, very quickly, to bulldoze the Statue of Liberty... nothing can be done?” asked Judge Patricia Millett.
“I think that’s right, yes,” responded DOJ attorney Yaakov Roth
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Justice Department lawyers said the courts are powerless to intervene in the dispute over the former East Wing.www.politico.com
