Federal courts on Friday, June 13, turned down a last-ditch request by the Kennedy Center to delay removing President Donald Trump’s name from the Washington performing arts venue — clearing the way for the name change to move forward.
The ruling, reported by The Washington Post, came after the Kennedy Center sought emergency court relief to pause the process. Judges didn’t grant it. The exact courts involved and the names of the judges weren’t immediately available from the reporting.
Trump’s name had been added to the center — formally the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts — during his administration. The effort to strip it back has drawn legal resistance from the institution, which argued in court that the removal should at least be put on hold while the broader dispute plays out.
Courts disagreed. The denial means there’s no legal barrier, at least for now, standing between the Kennedy Center and the name change itself.
What happens next in any underlying litigation over the name — or whether the center plans further appeals — wasn’t spelled out in the initial reporting.
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