Judge blocks Kennedy Center closure, Trump renaming
District Judge Christopher Cooper sided with Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), an ex officio member of the center’s board who challenged the remaking of the storied performing arts center in the nation’s capital. “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 said in his ruling.
- ▪District Judge Christopher Cooper sided with Rep.
- ▪Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), an ex officio member of the center’s board who challenged the remaking of the storied performing arts center in the nation’s capital.
- ▪“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 said in his ruling.
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In The Know Judge blocks Kennedy Center closure, Trump renaming Comments: by Zach Schonfeld - 05/29/26 3:26 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Zach Schonfeld - 05/29/26 3:26 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING A federal judge on Friday blocked the rebranding of the Kennedy Center to include President Trump’s name and ruled that officials improperly voted to close it starting this summer. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper sided with Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), an ex officio member of the center’s board who challenged the remaking of the storied performing arts center in the nation’s capital.
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