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.
0:00 Why the Trump-appointed Kennedy Center board believes Trump’s name should be on the building
1:40 How Trump’s lawyers are trying to bypass a judge’s previous ruling
3:39 What the law says about the Kennedy Center
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Judge asks pointed questions of Kennedy Center’s plan to add Trump’s name: https://bit.ly/4zJbtZU
📰 In a legal filing, the board of the Kennedy Center said that the arts complex and living memorial to President John F. Kennedy may be torn down if its plans for a two-year renovation and to add President Trump’s name back on the complex do not move forward.
The court papers were submitted by attorneys from the DOJ’s civil division late Monday in advance of an emergency hearing scheduled for Thursday afternoon. The hearing is part of a federal lawsuit by Rep. Joyce Beatty, Democrat of Ohio, against Trump and the Kennedy Center’s current board, most of whom were appointed by the president.
📰 The Justice Department suggested in a court filing Tuesday that the Kennedy Center could face demolition in the event a federal judge issues an order permanently blocking President Donald Trump’s push to renovate the facility with additions intended to recognize Trump personally.
Mayers uses the filing to repeatedly attack Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, a member of the Kennedy Center’s board who filed suit last year to have Trump’s name removed from the building. Beatty’s lawsuit argued the board’s vote to rename the building was illegal because an act of Congress is required for such an action.
The John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza in Dallas, Texas does not make any money directly from visitors because it is completely free to enter.However, because “JFK Monument” can refer to a few different major national sites dedicated to the 35th president, the visitor revenue and operational structures for the most prominent locations vary:1. John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza (Dallas, TX)Annual Visitor Revenue: $0.Details: This downtown plaza features the famous roofless “open tomb” designed by Philip Johnson. It sits on public land donated by Dallas County and is operated as an open, outdoor park with no admission fees.2. The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (Dallas, TX)Annual Visitor Revenue: Roughly $7 million to $8 million.Details: Located just one block away from the outdoor memorial plaza, this is the chronicled museum inside the former Texas School Book Depository. It is operated by a private nonprofit (the Dallas County Historical Foundation) and charges paid admission to visitors. Total annual operating revenues sit at around $7.8 million.3. JFK Presidential Library and Museum (Boston, MA)Annual Visitor Revenue: Approximately $4 million to $5 million (with total foundation revenues near $10.1 million).Details: Administered under a public-private partnership with the National Archives, this facility relies heavily on ticket entry fees, the museum gift shop, and venue rentals to cover roughly half of its total operational expenses. The rest of its $10.1 million foundation budget is bolstered by federal funding and private donations.4. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, D.C.)Annual Visitor Revenue: $124 million projected ticket and box office revenue (out of a historical $300+ million total operational budget).Details: As a massive living national memorial and performing arts hub, it brings in substantial funding from patrons buying tickets to live events, theater, and concerts, though it also relies heavily on direct federal appropriations and massive private endowments.
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We need another Thomas Matthew Crooks
CNN, I don’t mind another perspective along with the Left bias, but these Right takes are fn stupid.
What is a Narcissistic for $1000?
The Kennedy Center was fine until the fascist turd touched it. Everything the man touches gets destroyed.
Trump should get charged with destruction of government property if this happens
Tell him they will 100% rename it when he dies….he’s dumb enough to believe it.
Why does this man want his name on top of someone else’s name that’s been on that building for decades 😡 He is such a narcissist only a narcissist would want to do something stupid like this.. you can’t fix the building without your name being on it okay let’s put on the lower left hand corner bottom of the building but not on top of Kennedy’s name that was in recognition for Kennedy why do you have to come put your stupid name on it
Trump needs the Name, good or bad doesn’t matters. He wanted Nobel prize(didn’t worked), Stop Ukraine war(didn’t worked), Make Iran surrender (didn’t worked too), frusted trump begging now to atleast have a building in his name 😮😢😮
Let Trump build it! He’s a great builder! So what if his name is on it! Trump is a great president.
Dirty Lutnick was talking nonsense. This is a monument that needs to be preserved centuries more to come, not to be destroyed by this orange cunning vandal.
Trump is not renovating the building, the workers do. Maybe put their names on the building.
Is he dead? If not … NO!
Why don’t you all ask the obvious question: IS TRUMP NORMAL?
They need to power the robots to take everyone’s job and that is what the data centers are for.
this a memorial to GREAT PRESIDENT NOT A great PEDOPHILETION NOBODY HAS EVER IMORTALIZED A PERVERT …
NEVER