Kennedy Center board appeals order requiring removal of Trump’s name from the building
The Facts
- The Kennedy Center board voted to appeal the court order requiring President Donald Trump’s name to be removed from the building.
- A notice of appeal was filed in federal court ahead of the deadline to remove Trump’s name.
- U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that the board could not unilaterally rename the Kennedy Center and that only Congress has the authority to change the institution’s name.
- Cooper’s ruling ordered references to Trump to be removed from the Kennedy Center by Friday.
- The ruling also blocked plans to close the Kennedy Center for major renovations.
- Before the deadline, the Kennedy Center had already removed Trump’s name from some branding, including its website.
- After the appeal was filed, Judge Cooper denied a request to pause his order while the appeal moves forward.
How left and right are reading this
- Both agree
- Only Congress can change the Kennedy Center’s name, making the appeal a fight over whether a federally chartered cultural institution must stay within clear legal limits on who gets to make major decisions.
- They split on
- Less a disagreement than a question of emphasis: the need to check concentrated decision-making at a public cultural institution, versus the need to preserve the proper chain of authority for major decisions at a federally chartered one.
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Context
Why did the judge order Trump’s name removed?
Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that the Kennedy Center board did not have the legal authority to rename the institution on its own and that only Congress can change the name of the center Columbian,CBS News,U.S. News & World R….
What did the board do in response?
The board voted to seek relief from the ruling and a notice of appeal was filed in federal court just before the deadline to remove Trump’s name ABC News,NYT,Hill.
What is unresolved now?
The appeal will determine whether the order stands, but for now the judge has refused to pause his ruling, meaning the requirement to remove Trump’s name remained in effect as the case moved to the appeals court Mail Online,MS NOW,Investing.com.
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