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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
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DOJ, with an embarrassing typo in a section heading, writes that renaming the Kennedy Center is “an action that does conflict with the Center’s governing statutes.”

/they forgot the “not”

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B. The Board's adoption of a secondary name complies with the law.

1. The Board's "renaming" vote adopted a secondary name, an action that does conflict with the Center's governing statutes.
2. Lettering on the building's facade is neither a "memorial" nor a "plaque in the nature of a memorial" within the statutory prohibition on additional memorials.
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‪Kyle Cheney‬
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The Trump administration says it's not illegal to call the Kennedy Center the "Trump Kennedy Center" because it is only a "secondary name," like the "Department of War" or "Fannie Mae."

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...


10:43 PM · Apr 6, 2026

DOJ, with an embarrassing typo in a section heading, writes that renaming the Kennedy Center is “an action that does conflict with the Center’s governing statutes.”

/they forgot the “not”

— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) 2026-04-07T02:43:20.838Z

Kyle Cheney
‪@kyledcheney.bsky.social‬

The Trump administration says it's not illegal to call the Kennedy Center the "Trump Kennedy Center" because it is only a "secondary name," like the "Department of War" or "Fannie Mae."

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.287972/gov.uscourts.dcd.287972.34.1_2.pdf


10:37 PM · Apr 6, 2026

The Trump administration says it's not illegal to call the Kennedy Center the "Trump Kennedy Center" because it is only a "secondary name," like the "Department of War" or "Fannie Mae."

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) 2026-04-07T02:37:12.512Z