“Today’s ruling again affirms that this administration’s efforts to rename the Kennedy Center were unlawful,” Beatty said in a statement Wednesday. “His name no longer desecrates this sacred memorial, which belongs to the American people. Now it is time for the Trump administration to accept this, comply with the law, and take the tarps down.”
“The D.C. Circuit’s decision means Donald Trump’s name will remain off the Kennedy Center for the foreseeable future, exactly as the law requires, and as Congress intended when it established it,” Norm Eisen, co-founder and board member of Democracy Defenders Action, and Nathaniel Zelinsky, senior counsel at the Washington Litigation Group, who are representing Beatty in the matter said in a joint statement. “This is a great win for the rule of law and the American people’s decision to honor John F. Kennedy’s memory. It is also a clear reminder that public institutions are not personal branding opportunities for any president.”
