Judges reject Kennedy Center effort to reinstate Trump's name
Source: msn.com
Story by Ted Johnson 38m
A federal appeals court has rejected the Kennedy Center boards latest argument for why Donald Trumps name needs to be added to the complex.
A three-judge panel on Wednesday denied a stay of a lower court order that forced the Kennedy Center to remove Trumps name, including from the facade of the front of the arts institution. A tarp has covered the name since then, which otherwise would read visibly, The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.
Justice Department attorneys had argued that many donors and companies, who have given, or will be giving, millions of dollars to the Center were only willing to do so with the name Trump on the Building. They noted that a new entity, the Trump Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Foundation, hinged on having Trumps name on the facade and that, according to the foundation bylaws, the funds would have to be returned.
A stay should therefore be issued to protect the center from financial ruin, the DOJ attorneys wrote.
But appellate judges wrote that the Kennedy Center board have failed to support this assertion with any specific facts or evidence. They offer only the conclusory assertions of the Kennedy Center's Executive Director that were made in a factually unsupported declaration.........
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Judges reject Kennedy Center effort to reinstate Trump's name
— (@oceancalm.bsky.social) 2026-07-08T16:27:57.981Z
A three-judge panel on Wednesday denied a stay of a lower court order that forced the Kennedy Center to remove Trumpâs name, including from the facade of the front of the arts institution
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Ocelot II
(131,978 posts)FakeNoose
(43,267 posts)
Grim Chieftain
(2,403 posts)His ego knows no bounds.
Tasmanian Devil
(295 posts)Is lying in this kind of filing subject to perjury charges? Can someone demand they supply evidence of their assertions or face the penalties? Why do they feel so entitled to just make shit up? Obviously I'm not a lawyer, but I really don't understand how they can do this without consequences.
Iggo
(50,176 posts)But yeah, theyre lying.
Tasmanian Devil
(295 posts)Could the judge have demanded evidence to back up their claims ... and if they didn't provide any, find them in contempt for lying to the court? Yeah, no doubt naive but I gotta wonder why they feel so free to just make up stuff.
Iggo
(50,176 posts)I mean yeah, Im angry about it.
But man, this is just sad.
littlemissmartypants
(35,816 posts)young_at_heart
(4,092 posts)I'd like to know the names of those people who tried to get his name on the Center. Did Trump order people to do this?
generalbetrayus
(2,099 posts)that can be named after him to keep the memory of him alive?
How about we rename the [William] Love Canal the Trump and Love Canal?
Pesky1
(95 posts)The fact is that large numbers of legitimate Kennedy Center performers canceled when your disgusting, totally undeserving name was smeared on this magnificent cultural center. This was done because you shoehorned typical Trump lackeys onto the Kennedy Center "board", who then voted for your ego fever dream. And, when the normal performers refused and were replaced by Kid Rock types, regular attendees stopped coming and down went the finances.
So your appeal argument is that some UNKNOWN big contributors won't send the quid without your name on the building. I
Laughable. Easy fix if we get back to honoring excellence again:
1) Fire this group of spineless suck ups and put honorable Center supporters back on the board.
2) Open the Center back up to the type of top performers who have always honored the Center and the country.
3) Watch the finances repair automatically.
4) Then, enjoy your name being placed over a cell the Alcatraz prison you are so eager to reopen.
Marcuse
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MLWR
(1,169 posts)More proof that he's completely demented.