跟进：哥伦比亚特区与弗吉尼亚州联诉阻建特朗普凯旋门：称250英尺拱门「公然违法」

特朗普总统拟在华盛顿 Memorial Circle 兴建的250英尺（约76米）高凯旋门再遇诉讼。哥伦比亚特区总检察长 Brian Schwalb 与弗吉尼亚州总检察长 Jay Jones 周六（10月31日）联名向联邦法院提起诉讼，要求叫停这一项目，并申请临时限制令。诉状称该项目「公然违法」。连同本诉，寻求阻止拱门动工的诉讼已达三起。

两名总检察长在诉状中主张，政府兴建纪念建筑绕过了法律要求的国会授权程序，拱门250英尺的高度也接近首都建筑法定上限130英尺的两倍。诉状称，一旦动工，将对哥伦比亚特区与弗吉尼亚州造成不可弥补的损害：为期约三年的施工将不可避免地堵塞两地之间的交通，向 Potomac River 带来污染与雨水径流，并干扰应急服务。诉状还援引2025年1月军用直升机与客机相撞、67人遇难的事件，说明这一地区联合应急行动的重要性。

政府方面则在加速推进。政府周五提交了一份106页的方案：这座十余层高的建筑顶部设一尊带翼的自由女神铜像，手托带长明火炬，内部设观景台、可使用的屋顶、两层夹层以及项目用房、办公室等空间，并提出改动周边道路交通。政府计划在周四（11月5日）国家首都规划委员会（National Capital Planning Commission）的会议上取得最终批准，并可能同日动工。官员还称这座拱门将具有国家安全功能。

首诉由三名越战退伍军人与一名建筑史学家提起，承办的地区法官 Tanya Chutkan 周五就原告的暂停请求举行听证，未当庭裁决，但表示将迅速处理；Arlington 县已于10月8日另行起诉。白宫发言人 Davis Ingle 在电邮回应中称，Memorial Circle 的凯旋门将成为华盛顿乃至世界最具标志性的地标之一，作为通往 Arlington National Cemetery 的门户，提醒人们美国英雄250年来的牺牲。

这座拱门拟为美国建国250周年而建，其高度比自由女神像自基座到火炬顶还高出约100英尺。法院接下来是否在动工前发出暂停令，将是本案的下一个节点。

关联：跟进：三名越战退伍军人诉请法官叫停特朗普250英尺凯旋门：称未经国会批准不得动工，公园管理局称最早11月5日开工

（据美联社报道）

Follow-Up: D.C. and Virginia Sue to Block Trump's Triumphal Arch, Calling the 250-Foot Monument 'Flagrantly Unlawful'

President Donald Trump's planned 250-foot (76-metre) triumphal arch at Memorial Circle in Washington faces a new legal challenge. On Saturday (October 31), District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb and Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones filed a joint federal lawsuit seeking to halt the project and asking for a temporary restraining order, calling the project 'flagrantly unlawful'. There are now three lawsuits seeking to stop work on the arch.

The attorneys general argue that the administration is bypassing the congressional authorisation legally required to build a commemorative work, and that the arch's 250 feet would nearly double the capital's 130-foot legal height limit. They say that as soon as the defendants break ground, they will inflict irreparable harm on the District and Virginia: during a construction period of about three years, the project would inevitably snarl traffic between the jurisdictions, produce pollution and stormwater runoff in the Potomac River, and interfere with emergency services. The suit cites the January 2025 midair collision between a military helicopter and an airliner, which killed 67 people, to underline how much the region depends on joint emergency operations.

The government, meanwhile, is moving quickly. On Friday it submitted a 106-page plan for a structure of more than 12 storeys, topped by a huge winged bronze statue of Lady Liberty carrying a torch with an eternal flame, with an observation deck, an occupied roof, two mezzanines, and rooms for programme space and offices inside, along with significant changes to nearby traffic. The administration plans to seek final approval at Thursday's (November 5) meeting of the National Capital Planning Commission and possibly begin construction the same day; officials have also said the arch will have a national security function.

The original lawsuit was brought by three Vietnam War veterans and an architectural historian; U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is considering a halt in that case, held a hearing on Friday, did not immediately act, but said she would move expeditiously. Arlington County sued separately on October 8. White House spokesman Davis Ingle said in an emailed response that the triumphal arch at Memorial Circle will be one of the most iconic landmarks in Washington and the world, a gateway to Arlington National Cemetery and a visual reminder of the sacrifices of American heroes over 250 years of history.

The arch, planned to mark the country's 250th anniversary, would stand about 100 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty from its base to the top of its torch. Whether a court pauses the project before ground is broken is the next point to watch.

Related: Follow-up: Vietnam Veterans Ask a Judge to Halt Trump's 250-Foot Triumphal Arch

(Reporting by the Associated Press)

来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）

图片来源：图：Arlington Memorial Bridge 在哥伦比亚岛（Columbia Island）一端的交通环岛 Memorial Circle 一带，凯旋门拟建于此（资料图，2011年）。美国国家公园管理局摄，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / The traffic plaza at the Columbia Island end of Arlington Memorial Bridge, around Memorial Circle, where the triumphal arch is planned (file photo, 2011). Photo by the U.S. National Park Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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