Judge OKs Suit Aimed to Halt Obama Library in Chicago

Judge OKs Suit Aimed to Halt Obama Library in Chicago
This illustration released on May 3, 2017, by the Obama Foundation shows plans for the proposed Obama Presidential Center with a museum, rear, in Jackson Park on Chicago's South Side. Obama Foundation via AP, File
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CHICAGO—A judge on Feb. 19 gave the green light to a lawsuit filed by a parks-advocacy group that aims to permanently stop the delayed construction of former President Barack Obama’s $500 million presidential center in a Chicago park beside Lake Michigan.

Some supporters of the project fear the lawsuit filed by Protect Our Parks could force Obama—who launched his political career in Chicago—to build the Obama Presidential Center elsewhere.