Nine Kennedy relatives moved to intervene in legal challenges to Trump's Arlington arch
Nine members of the Kennedy family asked a federal court in Washington on Tuesday to join lawsuits seeking to block Donald Trump’s proposed 250-foot arch near Arlington National Cemetery. They argue it would obstruct views of the Kennedy gravesites and the John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame.
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The family members are children and grandchildren of Robert F. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy; Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is not among them. The D.C. and Virginia lawsuit argues the project violates historic-preservation laws and lacks congressional authorization; it was consolidated with an earlier suit by veterans and an architectural historian. CBS News reported that U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan temporarily barred construction-related activity for 14 days, finding the plan likely illegal. White House spokesperson Davis Ingle told NBC News the administration was “confident” it would be vindicated as the litigation proceeds.
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