Trump's name must be removed from Kennedy Center, judge rules
A federal judge has ruled that President Trump cannot rename the Kennedy Center or close it for renovations. Judge Christopher Cooper emphasized that only Congress has the authority to change the name of the cultural landmark. The decision follows a lawsuit filed by Rep. Joyce Beatty against Trump regarding the board's actions.
- ▪A federal judge barred President Trump from renaming the Kennedy Center.
- ▪The judge also blocked the center from being closed for renovations for two years.
- ▪The Kennedy Center's name can only be changed by Congress, according to the judge's ruling.
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A federal judge on Friday barred President Donald Trump from adding his name to that of the Kennedy Center.Judge Christopher Cooper also temporarily blocked the Washington, D.C., cultural landmark from being closed for two years for renovations.The Kennedy Center's Board of Trustees in December voted to rename the institution the "Trump Kennedy Center," 10 months after Trump removed several trustees from the board and appointed himself as a trustee."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," Cooper wrote in his order in U.S. District Court in Washington.
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