Chief justice dissents on ballroom construction: 'No victory for separation of powers'

Chief Justice John Roberts broke with his conservative colleagues in a Supreme Court decision on Monday that allowed construction on the proposed White House ballroom to continue, saying the ruling upsets the separation of powers. Roberts, joined by the three liberal justices, contended that the majority’s reasoning likely infringed on Congress’s power of the purse...

Chief Justice John Roberts broke with his conservative colleagues in a Supreme Court decision on Monday that allowed construction on the proposed White House ballroom to continue, saying the ruling upsets the separation of powers. Roberts, joined by the three liberal justices, contended that the majority’s reasoning likely infringed on Congress’s power of the purse...