A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to give 30 days' warning before any demolition work at the Kennedy Center, just hours after the president suggested the iconic performing arts venue could be "ripped down." U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper issued the order Thursday, less than a day after President Trump floated the possibility of […] The post Federal judge demands 30 days' notice before any Kennedy Center demolition amid Trump standoff appeared first on American Almanac .
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to give 30 days' warning before any demolition work at the Kennedy Center, just hours after the president suggested the iconic performing arts venue could be "ripped down." U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper issued the order Thursday, less than a day after President Trump floated the possibility of tearing down the Washington, D.C., performing arts hall, a building that has served as the nation's official living memorial to President John F. Kennedy since it opened in 1971. Cooper also ordered the Justice Department to file a detailed report by next Wednesday explaining the center's sudden closure and any emergency repairs underway, CBS News reported . The order lands in the middle of a…Open
A federal judge has blocked the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' Board of Trustees from adding President Donald J. Trump's name to the building.
A federal judge has ruled against a Kennedy Center board resolution to return President Donald J. Trump’s name to the building, claiming legal and congressional limitations. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A federal judge has blocked the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Board of Trustees from returning President Donald J. Trump’s name to the building. DETAIL: On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, a Barack Obama appointee married to Joe Biden’s personal defense attorney, Amy Jeffress, blocked a resolution by the Board of Trustees to inscribe “Renovated and Restored by President Donald J. Trump” on the building. Judge Cooper ruled that the resolution “bucks a federal court order and a statute Congress…Open
Trump made the remarks after a federal judge ruled that the board could not add the president's name in any capacity without authorization from Congress.
A federal judge blocked the Kennedy Center on Tuesday from returning President Donald Trump ’s name to the iconic performing arts venue in a move meant to recognize his renovation efforts, saying it would violate an earlier ruling that his name was illegally added to the building. Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that, “Simply put, Defendants cannot install memorials for President Trump or anyone or anything else at the Kennedy Center without Congress’s blessing.”
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Kennedy Center’s latest attempt to inscribe President Trump’s name back on building — and to rename the campus after him. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that the Kennedy Center board cannot move forward with the plans without “Congress’s blessing,” finding that an August vote on the renaming likely violated his earlier injunction. Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6090649-trump-kennedy-center-inscription-judge/ #KennedyCenter #Trump #Legal #TrumpAdministration #WhiteHouse
A federal judge ruled that only Congress can rename the Kennedy Center, while also halting plans for a two-year closure for renovations.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A U.S. District Judge ruled that the renaming of the Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts was unlawful, with the board being disallowed from adding President Trump’s name without Congressional approval. The judge also blocked the board’s decision to close the center for two years for renovations. KEY QUOTE: “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. Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it,” insisted U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper. IMPACT: The Barack…Open
