After the court forced the removal of the president’s name from the building’s title, the center devised a plan to add an inscription honoring President Trump.
Joyce Beatty, a Democratic representative from Ohio, asked a federal judge to stop the Kennedy Center trustees from putting President Trump's name up in three places at the arts complex.
Around 2 a.m. Saturday, crews began constructing scaffolding around the signage site, according to live footage of the process.
A judge has denied President Trump's request to pause a ruling requiring his name to be removed from the Kennedy Center. Why it matters: The request was a last-minute bid to avoid removing the president's name from the building and accompanying signage, as a previous judge ordered . The deadline for compliance is Friday. Editor's note: This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
The Trump administration still faces a deadline of Friday to remove Trump’s name from the building.
The Kennedy Center board of trustees on Thursday appealed a federal judge’s order to remove President Trump’s name from the exterior of the building just ahead of the judge’s deadline, according to court filings. #Kennedycenter #Trump #judgeorder
The Kennedy Center’s board of trustees voted Thursday to challenge a federal judge’s order requiring President Donald Trump’s name to be removed from the performing […] Source
President Trump's board at the Kennedy Center is mounting a last-minute effort to keep his name on the facade of the performing arts facility before a court-ordered deadline to remove it by Friday.
The Kennedy Center plans to appeal a judge's order requiring President Trump's name to be removed from the performing arts center, according to multiple reports. Why it matters: An appeal could extend the controversy over Trump's name and the future of the famed center. Driving the news: The board of trustees appointed by Trump voted to pursue the appeal ahead of U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper's Friday deadline to remove the signage from the building in Washington, D.C., CNN first reported . - Cooper sided with a lawsuit brought by Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), an ex officio member of the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees, ruling ruling last month that the board had "overstepped its statutory bounds by unilaterally renaming the…