Key Background
Trump added his name to the Kennedy Center in December, changing the signage to “The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts” and targeting the institution’s alleged “woke” programming. The center’s board, which was installed early last year with Trump allies including White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino and Fox News host Laura Ingraham, unanimously approved the name change. Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, filed a lawsuit against the name change and won the challenge in late May, when Cooper ruled the change could not be done without congressional approval. The ruling also temporarily blocked renovations scheduled for the building. Cooper gave a two-week deadline for the name change to take place and said in a filing the Kennedy Center’s “organic statute makes crystal clear that the Center is to be named for President Kennedy, and it cannot bear any other formal name or public memorial based on the Board’s unilateral say-so.”
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Further Reading
Kennedy Center Board Fights Court Order To Remove Trump’s Name (Forbes)
Judge Blocks Kennedy Center Bid To Keep Trump’s Name — As Construction Crews Prepare To Take It Down (Forbes)
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