Ever since Donald Trump announced he was renaming the Kennedy Center after himself , the pushback has been relentless. Philip Glass , Renée Fleming , Chuck Redd , and Kristy Lee were among many acts to cancel events at the "Trump-Kennedy Center," and the Washington National Opera left the venue after 55 years. In February, Trump revealed he was closing the center for two years for renovations. Today, a federal judge ordered Trump's name off the Kennedy Center and blocked the planned closure. US District Judge Casey Cooper said the board violated the law by adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center, saying the law "makes crystal clear that the Center is to be named for President Kennedy, and it cannot bear any other formal name or public memorial based on the Board's unilateral say-so," per his 94-page opinion .…