Obama-appointed judge rejects last-minute bid to block UFC Freedom 250 at the White House
A federal judge appointed by President Barack Obama refused Friday to halt the UFC Freedom 250 event planned for the White House South Lawn and Lincoln Memorial this weekend, dismissing a last-minute lawsuit that claimed two local residents would suffer aesthetic and emotional harm from the celebration of America's 250th birthday.U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta ruled that the plaintiffs lacked legal standing and had not shown the kind of concrete, personal injury required under Article III of the Constitution.
The decision cleared the way for the June 12 news conference and fighter face-offs at the Lincoln Memorial, followed by a June 14 fight card on the South Lawn, an event nearly a year in the making, backed by an estimated $60 million investment, and expected to draw thousands of spectators and a remote audience of millions.
The lawsuit and its backers:
Two Virginia residents filed the emergency request days before the event, arguing that federal officials violated National Park Service regulations, bypassed congressional authority, and skipped the environmental review required under the National Environmental Policy Act.
They targeted the construction of a massive UFC staging ring known as "The Claw" on the South Lawn, calling it "visually offensive" and claiming the "unauthorized, commercial exploitation of the national monuments caused harm."
The Washington Examiner reported the lawsuit was backed by the left-wing activist group Public Integrity Project. The Washington Times described the organization as a nonprofit legal group aligned with Democratic Party causes.
Judge Mehta was unpersuaded. He did not reach the merits of the plaintiffs' legal claims at all. Instead, he found they had failed the threshold test: proving they had standing to bring the case in the first place.
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The lawsuit and its backers:
Two Virginia residents filed the emergency request days before the event, arguing that federal officials violated National Park Service regulations, bypassed congressional authority, and skipped the environmental review required under the National Environmental Policy Act.
They targeted the construction of a massive UFC staging ring known as "The Claw" on the South Lawn, calling it "visually offensive" and claiming the "unauthorized, commercial exploitation of the national monuments caused harm."
The Washington Examiner reported the lawsuit was backed by the left-wing activist group Public Integrity Project. The Washington Times described the organization as a nonprofit legal group aligned with Democratic Party causes.
Judge Mehta was unpersuaded. He did not reach the merits of the plaintiffs' legal claims at all. Instead, he found they had failed the threshold test: proving they had standing to bring the case in the first place.
Read more about it... Democrats sue for anything and everything to stop Trump.
Activist judge!
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