{"id":3881,"date":"2025-10-15T02:59:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T02:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/3881\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T02:59:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T02:59:14","slug":"judge-blocks-transfer-of-miami-land-for-trump-presidential-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/3881\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge blocks transfer of Miami land for Trump presidential library"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Florida<\/a> judge ruled on Tuesday to temporarily block the transfer of land in downtown Miami<\/a> to be used for President Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> future presidential library.<\/p>\n

The decision stems from a lawsuit filed last week by a Miami historian and racial activist who took issue with the Miami Dade College Board of Trustees\u2019 Sept. 23 vote to hand over 2.63 acres of land worth more than $67 million to Florida. Marvin Dunn, the plaintiff, alleges the board didn\u2019t provide sufficient notice for its meeting on the land transfer, arguing that the lack of public notice is in violation of state law.<\/p>\n

Judicial Circuit Judge Mavel Ruiz agreed with Dunn\u2019s claim, determined he is likely to win the case, and ruled that the public college can\u2019t cede the land in the meantime.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe court does not believe that the notice was reasonable,\u201d she said after a Tuesday court hearing, adding that the case is not \u201crooted in politics.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TheProposed land for President Donald Trump\u2019s presidential library, adjacent to the historic Freedom Tower, is seen in downtown Miami, Aug. 8, 2025. (AP Photo\/Daniel Kozin)<\/p>\n

Dunn\u2019s attorney argued the case was rather about the board\u2019s alleged noncompliance with Florida\u2019s Government in the Sunshine Act, which requires meetings and records to be open to the public to ensure transparency.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people have a right to know what they\u2019re going to decide to do when the transaction is so significant, so unusual, and deprives the students and the college of this land,\u201d the plaintiff\u2019s lawyer said.<\/p>\n

The college board issued a public notice before the Sept. 23 meeting, stating that the purpose was to \u201cdiscuss potential real estate transactions.\u201d However, the notice did not specify which property would be discussed or disclose the purpose of the transaction.<\/p>\n

The meeting also wasn\u2019t livestreamed, unlike previous meetings this year.<\/p>\n

One week after the board meeting, Gov. Ron DeSantis<\/a> (R-FL) and his Cabinet voted to transfer the land to the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation. DeSantis announced plans<\/a> for Trump\u2019s presidential library on the same day as the board voted to give up the land to the state.<\/p>\n

An attorney for the college maintained the Board of Trustees complied with state law and questioned Dunn\u2019s political motivations in filing the case, considering it is related to Trump.<\/p>\n

TRUMP PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY PLANS IN MIAMI HIT WITH LAWSUIT OVER TRANSPARENCY CONCERNS<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s preliminary injunction comes one day after Ruiz declined to immediately bar Miami Dade College from deeding the land. She was concerned that Dunn had not yet established the right to sue by demonstrating his citizenship in Florida. On Monday, Dunn\u2019s legal team said their client\u2019s paperwork had not been fully processed due to office closures on Columbus Day.<\/p>\n

There is no set time frame for the presidential library\u2019s construction or opening, but a more concrete plan is expected to be finalized in the next four years. The National Archives and Records Administration will launch a website dedicated to the presidential library on Jan. 20, 2029, when Trump\u2019s second term will end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Florida judge ruled on Tuesday to temporarily block the transfer of land in downtown Miami to be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1107,409,28,2785,4366,123,125,124],"class_list":["post-3881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-courts","tag-donald-trump","tag-florida","tag-judge","tag-library","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}