Workers begin removing Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center, hours after a court-ordered deadline
A federal judge said only Congress can change the center’s name, and the board’s last-minute appeal failed after a 14-day removal order.
- Workers began taking down President Donald Trump's name from the facade of the Kennedy Center early Saturday morning, narrowly missing a court-ordered Friday night deadline.
- Severe regional thunderstorms delayed the physical removal process Friday night, prompting the venue's legal team to successfully request a brief extension until Saturday noon after safety concerns forced workers to temporarily halt their efforts under newly erected scaffolding.
- The physical dismantling followed a string of swift legal defeats for the Trump administration, as both a federal district judge and a D.C. Circuit appellate panel rejected emergency, eleventh-hour appeals from the Justice Department to freeze the removal order.
- The legal battle was sparked by a lawsuit from Representative Joyce Beatty , an ex-officio board member who challenged the reconstituted, Trump-allied board's December decision to rename the venue "The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts."
- U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled the original name change illegal, clarifying in his opinion that Congress explicitly designated the building as the sole living national monument to John F. Kennedy, meaning only legislative action—not a board vote—holds the authority to alter its name.
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Trump Name Taken Off Kennedy Center After Court Says Congress Alone Can Rename Venue
President Donald Trump’s name was removed from the Kennedy Center after a federal judge blocked the renaming and an appeals court declined to stop the ... The post Trump Name Taken Off Kennedy Center After Court Says Congress Alone Can Rename Venue first appeared on [your]NEWS.
Workers rip Trump name from Kennedy center facade months after it goes on, hours after failed appeal
Workers began tearing President Donald Trump's name off the Kennedy Center facade Friday after an appeals court denied a request from the Kennedy Center's board to block a judge's ruling that Trump's name be removed.Workers erected scaffolding around the Washington, D.C., landmark Friday and began removing the Trump name from the signage that had previously read "The Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts."Th…
Trump's name removed from Washington arts center
Workers in the US capital removed President Donald Trump’s name from the facade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, the venue said, after a federal judge ruled that its renaming was unlawful. In a legal filing, the center’s Executive Director Matt Floca said it had “removed all physical signage on the Kennedy Center building and grounds” containing Trump’s name. Around noon Washington time, the sign on the building…
Donald Trump is defeated in the lawsuit over the Washington Kennedy Center. After his name had to be erased from e-mails and letterheads, the dismantling of the facade is now beginning.
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