Trump's name must be removed from Kennedy Center, judge orders
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A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump's name be removed from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ruling the name change was illegal.

A federal judge ordered the removal of President Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ruling the White House’s rebranding of the iconic institution is illegal.

U.S. District Court Judge Christopher Cooper, in a opinion issued May 29, ordered the Kennedy Center remove Trump’s name from the institution’s title, including taking down the recently installed signage on the center’s facade and stripping it from other materials.

  • OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world
    46·
    3 hours ago

    For anyone else wondering what the ruling was based on (other than trump being a narcissistic loser):

    In a 94-page opinion, the judge said the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees, made up of primarily Trump loyalists, violated the 1964 federal law that created the center, arguing the statute makes clear “the Kennedy Center must be named for, and is meant to honor, President Kennedy alone.”

    • Bristlecone@lemmy.world
      6·
      1 hour ago

      I like your confidence that they’re actually “basing” decisions on anything but capitulation, but I appreciate the information