肯尼迪家族成员起诉阻特朗普凯旋门 称将干扰肯尼迪墓地 卢克·布罗德沃特 九名肯尼迪家族成员加入诉讼，试图阻止特朗普建设一座高76米的凯旋门，称其将在肯尼迪墓地投下阴影，并干扰阿灵顿国家公墓。
Kennedys move to block Trump’s arch, saying it would disturb JFK gravesite Luke Broadwater Nine Kennedy family members joined a lawsuit to block Trump’s 76m arch, saying it would shadow JFK’s gravesite and disturb Arlington National Cemetery.
他们表示，凯旋门将破坏墓地设计，以及象征内战后国家团结的长距离视线。
They said the arch would ruin the gravesite design and the long sightline that symbolises national unity after the Civil War.
该项目已被查特坎法官暂停，她表示可能需要国会批准，并可能扰乱交通、增加地方政府成本。
The project has already been paused by Judge Tanya Chutkan, who said it may need congressional approval and could disrupt traffic and cost local authorities.
AI生成 华盛顿——特朗普总统计划建设的76米高凯旋门面临多方法律挑战：来自退伍军人、一位历史学家，以及哥伦比亚特区、弗吉尼亚州和阿灵顿县政府。现在，著名的肯尼迪家族也加入了挑战行列。
AI generated WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s planned 76m triumphal arch has come under legal fire on multiple fronts: from veterans, a historian and the governments of the District of Columbia, Virginia and Arlington County. Now comes another legal challenge, from the storied Kennedy family.
九名肯尼迪家族成员于11月10日在华盛顿申请加入现有诉讼，主张这座顶部饰有金色天使和火焰的凯旋门将在阿灵顿国家公墓其亲属墓地投下阴影，试图阻止该项目。
Arguing that the arch, with its golden angels and flame on top, would cast a shadow on their relatives’ graves in Arlington National Cemetery, nine members of the Kennedy family moved to join existing litigation in Washington on Nov 10 seeking to block the project.
他们还称，凯旋门将阻挡约翰·F·肯尼迪总统墓地“永恒之火”原本的视线，“破坏墓地设计的一个基本要素”。
They also say the arch would obstruct the intended sightline from the eternal flame at President John F. Kennedy’s gravesite, “destroying an essential element of the gravesite’s design”.
这座凯旋门是特朗普最喜爱的项目之一，建设已在另一案件中被法官暂时叫停。若获准推进，它将矗立在林肯纪念堂与阿灵顿国家公墓之间。
Construction of the arch, one of Trump’s favourite projects, has been temporarily paused by a judge in another case. If allowed to proceed, it would rise between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery.
起诉状称，选址将阻挡“一条旨在代表内战后国家统一、且已存在近一个世纪的视线”。
The filing claims that the placement would obstruct “a line of sight that was designed to represent the unification of the nation following the Civil War and that has existed for nearly a century”.
起诉状补充道：“凯旋门将永久地在原告父母的墓地、以及为国家献出生命的军人墓地上投下阴影。”
The arch “will permanently cast a shadow over plaintiffs’ parents’ graves and the graves of servicemen and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for this country”, the filing added.
原告是参议员罗伯特·F·肯尼迪和爱德华·M·肯尼迪的子女或孙辈，这两位参议员是前总统的兄弟，安葬在他身边。
The plaintiffs are children or grandchildren of Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy, the former president’s brothers, who are buried near him.
“高耸的拱门在我们父母和叔叔的墓地上投下阴影，也在为国家服务的无数人的墓地上投下阴影，这也将在我们的民主原则上投下阴影，削弱我们的民选代表为子孙后代保护这片神圣土地而建立的保障措施，”两位原告、罗伯特·F·肯尼迪和埃塞尔·肯尼迪的子女罗里·肯尼迪和麦克斯韦尔·肯尼迪在一份声明中说。特朗普的项目近日收到了好坏参半的消息。
“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,” two of the plaintiffs, Rory Kennedy and Maxwell Kennedy, who are children of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, said in a statement. Trump’s project has received a mix of good and bad news in recent days.
11月5日，由总统盟友领导的国家首都规划委员会给予该项目最终批准，为特朗普破土动工扫清了道路。但紧接着，一名联邦法官叫停了施工。
On Nov 5, the National Capital Planning Commission, which is led by allies of the President, gave the project final approval, clearing the way for Trump to break ground. But immediately afterwards, a federal judge blocked construction.
哥伦比亚特区美国地区法院法官塔尼娅·楚特坎的裁决暂停施工14天，以便法律挑战在法院系统中推进。
The ruling by Judge Tanya Chutkan of the US District Court for the District of Columbia halted construction for 14 days while legal challenges make their way through the court system.
楚特坎在一份长达33页的意见书中表示，该拱门需要国会批准，且其建设可能给弗吉尼亚州和哥伦比亚特区带来高昂成本，同时会扰乱阿灵顿国家公墓的交通，该公墓是该地区访问量最大的景点之一。
In a 33-page opinion, Chutkan said the arch required congressional approval and that its construction could prove costly to both Virginia and the District of Columbia while disrupting traffic at the cemetery, one of the region’s most-visited sites.
肯尼迪家族的诉讼包含其中一些相同论点，但扩展阐述了该拱门对家族的个人影响。
The suit from the Kennedys includes some of those same arguments, but expands on the personal effect the arch would have on the family.
“拟建的巨大拱门非法干涉阿灵顿国家公墓和在那里被纪念的英雄，包括肯尼迪兄弟和埃塞尔·肯尼迪的墓地及纪念设施，”原告律师、民主捍卫基金的诺曼·艾森和史蒂夫·乔纳斯在一份声明中说。
“The gigantic proposed arch is an illegal interference with Arlington National Cemetery and the heroes remembered there, including at the gravesites and memorials of the Kennedy brothers and Ethel Kennedy,” the plaintiffs’ lawyers, Norman Eisen and Steve Jonas of the Democracy Defenders Fund, said in a statement.
“只有国会拥有宪法赋予的权力，授权这种规模的侵入。今天，肯尼迪家族成员正与本案的其他诉讼当事人一道，保护这一历史遗址——并捍卫法治和三权分立。” 《纽约时报》 本文最初刊登于《纽约时报》。
“Only Congress has the constitutional power to authorise an intrusion of this magnitude. Today, members of the Kennedy family are joining with the other litigants in this case to protect this historic site – and to defend the rule of law and separation of powers.”NYTIMES This article originally appeared in The New York Times.