The Supreme Court allowed US President Donald Trump to continue construction of a ballroom in the White House, reports The Wall Street Journal.

The decision to reject a lawsuit by the U.S. Historic Preservation Fund was adopted by a majority vote of five to four judges.

The judges ruled that the fund likely had no grounds to challenge the construction, and that stopping it now would cause “irreparable harm” to the Trump administration.

As the newspaper writes, the court did not consider the legality of the construction without congressional approval itself. The lawsuit was based on a statement by one of the group’s participants that the project violates her “aesthetic, cultural, and historical interests.” The judges noted that, according to Supreme Court practice, “mere offense, disagreement, or hostility” is not enough for a lawsuit.

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