Kennedy Family Members Sue to Stop Construction of Trump Arch

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Nine members of the Kennedy family became the latest group to sue to stop the construction of Trump’s 250-foot arch in Washington, D.C.

The Kennedys have sued to stop construction of President Donald Trump’s “triumphal” arch.

On Tuesday, nine members of the dynastic political family filed a motion in federal court in Washington, D.C., to block the arch from being built, arguing that it would obstruct views of the family’s gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery, including that of President John F. Kennedy.

“This action is about protecting sacred spaces that belong to the American people,” Rory Kennedy and Maxwell Kennedy, two of the plaintiffs and children of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, said in a statement on Tuesday. “A towering arch casting shadows across the graves of our father, mother, and uncles, as well as the graves of so many who have served our country, would also cast a shadow over our democratic principles, undermining the safeguards established by our elected representatives to protect this hallowed ground for generations to come.”

The plaintiffs include the children and grandchildren of the late Sens. Robert F. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy, who are among several Kennedy family members buried at Arlington National Cemetery, the U.S.’s largest military cemetery. Other Kennedys buried or memorialized there include JFK, first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, their two children Patrick and Arabella, as well as Robert F. Kennedy’s wife Ethel, and Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is not among the plaintiffs.

The family argued that the 250-foot arch—“more than double the size of the Lincoln Memorial and the equivalent of a twenty-five-story office building”—would obscure views of the John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame and Kennedy gravesites from the Arlington Memorial Bridge. It also argued that it would “cast shows over … the memorials of hundreds of thousands of fallen American heroes.”

The arch’s proposed site is located in Memorial Circle between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery, which the family argue would obstruct “a…

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