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The Supreme Court is awaiting appeals from President Trump in two separate cases.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Trump\u2019s\u00a0personal\u00a0lawyers\u00a0have a\u00a0July 15\u00a0deadline to challenge an 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in his defamation lawsuit against CNN over the network comparing him to Hitler in its \u201cBig Lie\u201d election coverage, according to the high court\u2019s docket.<\/p>\n

In addition, the president\u2019s lawyers are expected to appeal a lower court ruling blocking construction of his White House ballroom, according to the SCOTUSBlog website.<\/p>\n

In either case, at least four justices would need to vote to hear an appeal before oral arguments could be scheduled.<\/p>\n

Justice Clarence Thomas set a filing deadline of July 15 in the CNN defamation case. Mr. Trump said the network defamed him in its 2024 election coverage, which used the term \u201cBig Lie\u201d to describe his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results and during which guest commentators compared him to Hitler.<\/p>\n

In a June 3 request for a 60-day extension to appeal the case to the high court, Mr. Trump\u2019s lawyers said the dispute centers on CNN\u2019s \u201cuse of false, malicious, and defamatory statements in thousands of broadcasts, and related publications, falsely accusing President Trump of taking the same actions that were taken by Adolf Hitler in the Nazi \u2019Big Lie\u2019 campaign which led to the Holocaust.\u201d<\/p>\n

They argue that the network portrayed false comparisons as historical fact to a large audience.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn reality, President Trump was lawfully pursuing then-unresolved, and now proven, claims about election irregularities in the 2020 presidential election,\u201d the extension request states.<\/p>\n

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The president\u2019s lawyers intend to ask the justices to decide whether a judge or a jury should decide if false statements and allegations are opinion or rise to the level of defamation.<\/p>\n

Justice Thomas gave them a 30-day extension, until July 15.<\/p>\n

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court decision against Mr. Trump. The lower court reasoned that the CNN guests\u2019 statements were opinions and that Mr. Trump did not prove \u201cactual malice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Actual malice is a legal standard requiring the plaintiff \u2014 if a public figure \u2014 to prove the publisher of a statement acted with actual knowledge that the statement was false.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Justices Thomas and Neil M. Gorsuch have indicated an appetite to revisit the high court\u2019s defamation precedent in 1964\u2019s New York Times v. Sullivan decision, which limits politicians and public figures\u2019 right to sue the press over allegedly false reporting.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a Trump appeal is expected over the White House ballroom construction.<\/p>\n

The Department of Justice last week told the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that the construction has gone too far and cannot be stopped. A federal judge halted construction, saying Congress must approve the renovation.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump has demolished the East Wing of the White House to construct a 90,000-square-foot ballroom. The $400 million cost of the ballroom, which will be almost twice as large as the executive mansion, is to be covered by private donations.<\/p>\n

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The D.C. appeals court is expected to issue a decision in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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