Trump Threatens Kennedy Center Demolition as Beatty Seeks 10 a.m. Emergency Hearing
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Updated · lawdork.com · Sep 17
Trump Threatens Kennedy Center Demolition as Beatty Seeks 10 a.m. Emergency Hearing
3 articles · Updated · lawdork.com · Sep 17
Summary
Rep. Joyce Beatty’s lawyers asked for an emergency hearing after the Trump-backed Kennedy Center board voted to close the facility, and Judge Christopher Cooper ordered the Justice Department to respond by 10 a.m. Thursday.
Wednesday’s filing followed Trump’s latest threat that the Kennedy Center would “get ripped down” unless courts let the board put his name on the building after Cooper blocked a second renaming attempt.
The board had already tried to rename the entire campus “Trump Plaza,” and Trump has also warned he could let the memorial fall into ruin if appeals courts or the Supreme Court do not reverse the ruling.
The dispute has widened into a broader legal fight over Trump administration conduct, with another federal judge this week accusing DOJ of abusing discovery in a separate case over changes to history presentations in federal parks.