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DOJ insists new Trump inscriptions are ‘not renaming’ Kennedy Center

DOJ insists new Trump inscriptions are ‘not renaming’ Kennedy Center

Summary

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is supporting plans to add President Donald Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center. The DOJ says this action does not break earlier court rulings that said similar changes were illegal.

Key Facts

  • The DOJ is focused on adding President Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center building.
  • Some court rulings had previously found that certain changes to the Kennedy Center’s name were not allowed.
  • A DOJ lawyer told a federal judge that putting President Trump’s name on the center does not count as renaming it.
  • The hearing before Judge Christopher Cooper lasted nearly two hours.
  • The Kennedy Center is a well-known performing arts center in the United States.
  • The DOJ’s argument aims to keep the new inscription separate from the legal issues about renaming.
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