Joyce Beatty files emergency order stopping Trump’s name from going back on Kennedy Center

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Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) filed another emergency motion regarding the Trump administration’s proposed signage on the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts overnight, arguing their new plan crosses a boundary as well.

In a series of back-to-back overnight filings, representatives for the Kennedy Center told the court that they would not be renaming the performing arts center the Trump-Kennedy Center, but would instead incorporate President Donald Trump’s name in several other ways. Beatty still took issue with the center’s plan and filed a subsequent emergency motion to halt the administration’s plans for the building’s facade.

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