Kennedy Center board seeks pause of ruling ordering removal of Trump's name by Friday deadline

[Dulcinea]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s handpicked board at the Kennedy Center is mounting a last-minute effort to keep his name on the facade of the iconic performing arts facility before a court-ordered deadline to remove it by Friday.

The board voted Thursday to seek a stay of U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper’s May 29 ruling that said Trump’s name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center, according to a person familiar with the move who requested anonymity to discuss a private meeting. The formal request was filed late Thursday.

Cooper ruled that only Congress could institute a change to the Kennedy Center’s name and ordered references to Trump be removed by Friday. He also blocked the administration from closing the cultural and arts venue for major renovations that had been planned to start in July and last for two years.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-kennedy-center-building-name-lawsuit-renovations-c9c0c4f2ab6bc481478b1c25cb37e15f

[no_hypocrisy]

1. What?! The Kennedy Center Board didn't seek the permission of Congress

to ADD Trump's name to the institution.

This isn't The Onion?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. The trump DOJ is using the illegal renaming of the Dept. of Defense to justify renaming Kennedy Center

Hegseth's still renaming of the Department of Defense to the Department of War is being used to justify the renaming of the Kennedy Center. This is such a weak legal argument that it made me smile

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