Professor Robert Pushaw Quoted in "What a Nile Crocodile Case Means for Trump’s DC Building Projects" -- CNN

Professor Robert J. Pushaw is quoted in the CNN article, "What a Nile Crocodile Case Means for Trump’s DC Building Projects."  Professor Pushaw commented on whether a historic preservation group has standing to claim that President Trump's construction of the new White House ballroom constituted an "aesthetic" injury.

Excerpt from "What a Nile Crocodile Case Means for Trump’s DC Building Projects"

The challenge with aesthetic standing, said Robert Pushaw, a professor at Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law, is that “aesthetic injury is a gut call.” That’s because, he said, aesthetics are a matter of personal taste and inherently subjective.

Because it came in an emergency docket case, the court’s decision Monday technically has limited precedential value.

“But the case does indicate where five conservative justices are going, and they might be inclined in a later case to either reject aesthetic injuries or limit them to plaintiffs challenging environmental laws,” Pushaw said. “Either way, however, plaintiffs suing over alleged legal violations will have great difficulty establishing standing.”

The complete article may be found at CNN

Professor Pushaw is also quoted in the National Law Journal article, "Will Trump's Ballroom Case Set Stage for SCOTUS Scrutiny of 'Aesthetic Standing'?" The article considers the ruling by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that would have halted above-ground construction of the ballroom project.

The article may be found at Law.com (subscription required).