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MaddowBlog-Kennedy Center name change generates a new lawsuit -- and a weird new defense
The White House said the Kennedy Center’s board “voted unanimously” to rename the Kennedy Center. One ex officio member is pushing back in court.
Kennedy Center name change generates a new lawsuit — and a weird new defense
— (@enuffsaysv.bsky.social) 2025-12-24T02:35:17.535Z
The WH said the Kennedy Center’s board “voted unanimously†to rename the Kennedy Center. One ex officio member is pushing back in court.
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In light of Donald Trump’s obsession with self-glorification, it wasn’t too surprising when the president’s handpicked allies claimed they had renamed the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts last week. But surprising or not, the absurdity got messy in a hurry.....
In fact, Rep. Joyce Beatty did not vote for the change, and as The New York Times reported, the Ohio Democrat filed suit on Monday, hoping to force the removal of the Republican president’s name.
The Times added that, by law, a handful of congressional lawmakers from both parties sit on the Kennedy Center’s board, and Beatty is an ex officio member who tried to participate in Thursday’s board meeting. When she tried to object to the process, the congresswoman found that she had been placed on mute.
Time will tell what becomes of the litigation, but in the meantime, the administration apparently has a new talking point on the burgeoning controversy......
Indeed, Daravi’s argument proves the opposite of the intended point: Biden and his team followed a law approved by Congress; Trump and his team ignored a law approved by Congress. It’s why the latter is controversial and the subject of litigation, while the former is not.
Beatty’s lawsuit was filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Watch this space.
In fact, Rep. Joyce Beatty did not vote for the change, and as The New York Times reported, the Ohio Democrat filed suit on Monday, hoping to force the removal of the Republican president’s name.
Ms. Beatty’s lawsuit names as defendants Mr. Trump and the loyalists he appointed to the center’s board. The suit contends that the board’s vote to change the name last week was illegal because an act of Congress is required to rename the building.
Ms. Beatty is represented by Norman Eisen, a White House ethics counsel in the Obama administration, along with Nathaniel Zelinsky, his co-counsel of the Washington Litigation Group.
The Times added that, by law, a handful of congressional lawmakers from both parties sit on the Kennedy Center’s board, and Beatty is an ex officio member who tried to participate in Thursday’s board meeting. When she tried to object to the process, the congresswoman found that she had been placed on mute.
Time will tell what becomes of the litigation, but in the meantime, the administration apparently has a new talking point on the burgeoning controversy......
Indeed, Daravi’s argument proves the opposite of the intended point: Biden and his team followed a law approved by Congress; Trump and his team ignored a law approved by Congress. It’s why the latter is controversial and the subject of litigation, while the former is not.
Beatty’s lawsuit was filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Watch this space.
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