The “judges” who halt such reasonable construction/renovations embarrass the Judicial and themselves. Many “judges” need extreme “renovation”...off the bench.
Clarice says,
“Ask yourself, when you read the media’s song and dance, how likely any court would be to tear down this costly and elaborate structure once it’s built.”
Well, courts have done something similar, if not on such a scale. If memory serves, about 35-40 years ago, the Army had constructed a large and expensive building on the Presidio of San Francisco. A Sierra Clubber or similar was driving by and saw the building as it was being completed.
Said enviromentalist sued under the National Evvironmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the courts prevented finishing out the nearly complete structure. The Army lost the lawsuit and was then required to do complete and expensive NEPA work to tear the building down as ordered.
I don’t have the citations, but you can look it up. I think my summary is essentially correct. Clarice is correct on scale, but progressives would not hesitate to ask the Court to order the work in progress stopped and removed.