Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is allowing the White House to continue construction on President Donald Trump’s $400 million ballroom project for now.⁠ ⁠ Roberts signed a temporary order on Friday allowing work to continue while the court considers an emergency appeal from the Trump administration.⁠ ⁠ Lower courts had ordered a halt to the project, finding that it must have congressional approval. That ruling was set to take effect on Friday. Roberts signed the order because he oversees appeals of Washington-based cases.⁠ ⁠ The case comes before the nation’s highest court as Trump, a Republican, exercises unparalleled assertions of presidential power and increasingly seeks to mold the capital in his own image.⁠ ⁠ The Trump administration has scored a series of victories on the high court’s emergency docket, though the justices have ruled against some of the president's signature policies after fuller review.⁠ ⁠ The administration has argued that the president has total author...