Judge rules that Washington DC performing arts venue cannot be renamed without an act of Congress

A judge on Friday ordered the removal of Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ruling that the prestigious Washington DC venue cannot be renamed without an act of Congress.

US district judge Christopher Cooper in Washington directed the Trump administration to take down all physical signage bearing Trump’s name and to eliminate any references to a “Trump Kennedy Center” from official materials within 14 days.

“The Kennedy Center’s organic statute makes crystal clear that the Center is to be named for President Kennedy, and it cannot bear any other formal name or public memorial based on the Board’s unilateral say-so,” Cooper wrote in a 94-page opinion. “Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it.”

  • CarpalTunnelButt@sh.itjust.works
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    11 hours ago

    Make him fucking pay for that shit. He’s such a piece of shit. Literally just raided our country by suing his own IRS and settling out of court. Why aren’t Dems shutting shit down? Like fuck it all. Obstruct everything. Nothing good happening with this bastard.

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    19 hours ago

    I admire the professionalism in the judge, it would be very hard to not just type out eat a dick up, till ya hiccup for 94 pages.

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    17 hours ago

    Who’s going to enforce that?
    Nobody’s going to enfore that.

    He’ll still have his name on it this time next year.

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    19 hours ago

    His voters will only applaud him for it because “he’s sticking it to the man”. The man is they themselves but I doubt they will ever see that