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Kennedy Center Board Member Asks Judge to Reverse Trump’s Name Change

Rolling Stone·@KoryGrow·2 months ago
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By Kory Grow Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, a Democrat who represents Ohio, filed a motion on Wednesday requesting a federal judge to remove President Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center and halt his plan to close the institution for two years. Beatty, an ex-officio Kennedy Center board member, submitted the paperwork, which Rolling Stone has reviewed, via her legal representatives Democracy Defenders Action and the Washington Litigation Group to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. “Can the Board of the Kennedy Center — in direct contradiction of the governing statutes — rename this sacred memorial to John F. Kennedy after President Donald J. Trump?” the memorandum’s introduction posts. “The answer is, unequivocally, ‘no.’ By renaming the Center — in violation of the law — Defendants [Donald J.…

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