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Judge rules against group suing to stop Obama Presidential Center

Construction underway on the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park on Aug. 22, 2022, in Chicago.

CHICAGO — The long-waged fight by the group Protect Our Parks to halt construction of former President Barack Obama’s Jackson Park museum and campus has reached the end of the road in the federal district courts. But the plaintiffs plan to take the case to the appellate level, continuing a yearslong battle against a project that is well underway.

On Thursday, U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey entered a final judgment in favor of the defendants — including the Obama Foundation, several federal agencies and the city of Chicago

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