In the case Lemon versus Trump, Judge Chutkin previously issued a consent agreement requiring 14 days' notice before moving forward with the Great Triumphal Arch.
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The Lawfare PodcastSep 14, 2026
Sources show that in Lemon v. Trump, after a hearing, the government committed to at least fourteen days' notice before starting arch construction, and a consent order was entered on April 8, 2026.
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… I can't do the math, but whatever, there was a plan to do something like this, and so that's the reference there. But anyway, it sounded like he was saying a big development was happening, and of course, last April, Judge Chutkin, in the Lemon versus Trump case—that's the triumphal arch case there had been a consent agreement that they wouldn't go forward with this thing without 14 days' notice, and so this seemed like the 14 days' notice, but in a tweet rather than in a court proceeding. So people ran to court, plaintiffs seeking a TRO. …
The Lawfare Podcast · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Public Citizen states that after a hearing on its preliminary injunction motion, the government committed to giving at least fourteen days' notice before starting construction, and the plaintiffs withdrew the motion in light of that commitment.[1]
Supports. The Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse docket lists a Consent Order entered April 8, 2026 in case 1:26-cv-00544 (Lemmon v. Trump), consistent with the 'last April' consent arrangement described in the post.[2]
Context. A later Lemmon v. Trump minute order requires Defendants to give 48 hours' notice before activity on Memorial Circle other than limited archaeological information gathering; this concerns a different notice period and a later stage, and does not contradict the earlier fourteen-day consent commitment.[4]
Context. The case is before Judge Tanya Chutkan (spelled 'Chutkin' in the post and in some coverage), and NPR reports that she ordered the parties to confer on a TRO briefing schedule in the Virginia and D.C. suit over the arch.[3][5]
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5 sources: 4 not rated, 1 tier 2
- 1Lemmon v. Trump - Public Citizencitizen.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 2Case: Lemmon v. Trump - Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouseclearinghouse.net · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Virginia and D.C. sue to block construction of Trump archnpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 4LEMMON v. TRUMP, 1:26-cv-00544 – CourtListener.comcourtlistener.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 5LEMMON et al v. TRUMP et al - Law360law360.com · not rated · cited for: context
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