Judge blocks closure of Kennedy Center and orders removal of Trump's name
Judge says Congress alone can rename the center and gives trustees 14 days to remove Trump branding while the closure plan remains blocked.
- On Friday, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled the Kennedy Center board cannot rename the venue for President Donald Trump and blocked its planned two-year closure for renovations.
- Cooper concluded the board "overstepped its statutory bounds" by unilaterally renaming the venue in December, as the 1964 law establishing the center grants naming authority exclusively to Congress.
- Ohio Democratic Representative Joyce Beatty filed the lawsuit after the board stripped her voting rights; Cooper ruled the March closure decision was "ill-informed and seemingly preordained."
- Following the ruling, President Trump instructed the Commerce Department to "make all necessary arrangements with Congress to allow a full and complete transfer of this Institution."
- The court confirmed that capital repairs which the record "demonstrates is sorely needed" may continue; the board may independently re-evaluate closure plans after balancing statutory obligations.
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The announcement followed a federal court ruling that ordered the removal of his name from the iconic Washington cultural organization.
President Trump has reorganized many US institutions - and sometimes also given them a new name. However, at the renaming of the Kennedy Center, he went too far as a judge now judged.[more]]>
The US president wants to perpetuate himself with his name in many places, but a court has now stopped him at the Kennedy Center. Trump's name has to be removed within two weeks – the president throws off furiously.
U.S. Judge orders removal of Trump’s name from Kennedy Center; blocks closure
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that the board “overstepped its statutory bounds” by unilaterally adding Mr. Trump’s name, stating that “only Congress can change the Kennedy Center’s name”
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Judge orders Trump to remove his name from Washington’s Kennedy Centre
The ruling, which also blocked a planned closure and renovation of the storied centre, prompted the US president to wash his hands of the “failing institution” and declare he is handing custody back to Congress.
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