July 01, 2022
Work on former President Barack Obama's presidential center in Chicago can continue after the Seventh Circuit said Friday the federal government had no duty to consider the environmental impacts for other potential locations, as it doesn't have that power.
November 30, 2021
The Seventh Circuit seemed unconvinced Tuesday that it should reverse a lower court's ruling and temporarily halt the construction of former President Barack Obama's planned multimillion-dollar presidential center in a historic Chicago park.
August 20, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court won't halt construction of former President Barack Obama's multimillion-dollar presidential library in Chicago's Jackson Park, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett rejecting on Friday an emergency injunction request filed by an environmental advocacy group just days earlier.
August 16, 2021
The Seventh Circuit on Friday shut down the latest attempt to preemptively stop construction of former President Barack Obama's planned multi-million dollar presidential center lodged by opponents who claim that the government conducted too narrow of an environmental review.