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…Open
The Trump-apppointed Kennedy Center board voted Tuesday to shutter the venue after a federal judge again blocked President Donald Trump’s name from being added to the building without approval from Congress. Jonathan Lemire calls the board’s move “extortion” and predicts Trump will try to “bulldoze” the Kennedy Center if his name isn’t added to it.
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…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 on Thursday sharply questioned the Kennedy Center’s plans to add President Donald Trump’s name back to its building in coming weeks and expressed frustration that it could happen before he decides whether the move is legal. During a nearly two hour hearing before Judge Christopher Cooper, who previously concluded that the center’s board broke the law when it voted to rename the historic performing arts venue in honor of Trump, the judge asked pointed questions to a Justice Department attorney defending the board’s decision earlier this month to again add the current president’s name alongside that of the 35th president on the building’s facade and on other areas of the site the building sits on. Watch 24/7 live…
Workers removed President Trump’s name from the exterior of the Kennedy Center on Saturday morning. Citing safety concerns due to weather, Justice Department attorneys asked a district court for a 12-hour extension to the 11:59 p.m. Friday deadline. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper granted the extension on Saturday morning, ordering the Trump administration to provide proof of compliance by noon. The administration confirmed its compliance in court documents filed around 11 a.m. on Saturday. #Trump #KennedyCenter #Arts READ MORE: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5922781-kennedy-center-workers-trump-name-court-ruling/
