Kennedy Center board to fight order to remove Trump’s name as deadline looms
The board is seeking a stay after a judge ruled the Trump name was illegally added and ordered it removed by Friday.
- On Thursday, the Kennedy Center board voted to seek a stay of District Judge Christopher Cooper's May 29 ruling ordering the removal of President Donald Trump's name from the performing arts facility.
- Judge Cooper ruled that only Congress holds authority to rename the institution, declaring the board's addition of Trump's name to the facade illegal under the 1964 federal law establishing the center.
- The General Counsel issued a June 4 memo directing staff to restore the original title, while artist withdrawals including Actor Issa Rae demonstrated institutional disapproval of the board's renaming decision.
- Trustees plan to file a formal stay today, Friday, seeking to maintain Trump's name on the building's exterior past the court-ordered deadline of June 12.
- Trump established control over the institution early in his second term, ousting previous leadership and appointing a board of trustees that named him chairman and steered the venue's programming.
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Trump Appeals Ruling Removing His Name From Kennedy Center
The Trump administration filed an appeal on Thursday challenging a judge’s order that the president’s name must be removed from the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts and that the center can’t be closed for two years for renovations. The appeal was filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. On May 29, a federal district judge ruled that President Donald Trump’s name be removed from the John F. Kennedy Cent…
The administration of US President Donald Trump is appealing a court order to remove his name from the Kennedy Center. The administration is also challenging the decision in which the judge blocked Trump's plan to close the cultural center in Washington for two years for renovation.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has appealed a federal court decision that ordered the removal of the current White House chief's name from the name of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
White House to appeal judge's order to remove Trump's name from Kennedy Center
The board move marks a shift from a June 4 memo to staff saying email signatures, letterhead and other documents must reflect the name as "The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts" or "Kennedy Center."
Kennedy Center board seeks pause of ruling ordering removal of Trump's name
President Trump's board at the Kennedy Center is mounting a last-minute effort to keep his name on the facade of the performing arts facility before a court-ordered deadline to remove it by Friday.
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