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Trump can’t rename Kennedy Center or close it for renovation for now, judge says
CNBC ^ | 5/29/26 | Dan Mangan

Posted on 05/29/2026 12:11:17 PM PDT by CFW

A federal judge on Friday barred President Donald Trump from adding his name to that of the Kennedy Center.

Judge Christopher Cooper also temporarily blocked the Washington, D.C., cultural landmark from being closed for two years for renovations.

The Kennedy Center’s Board of Trustees in December voted to rename the institution the “Trump Kennedy Center,” 10 months after Trump removed several trustees from the board and appointed himself as a trustee.

“The Kennedy Center’s organic statute makes crystal clear that the Center is to be named for President Kennedy, and it cannot bear any other formal name or public memorial based on the Board’s unilateral say-so,” Cooper wrote in his order in U.S. District Court in Washington.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: christophercooper; executive; judges; kennedycenter; obamajudge; obamastooge; trump

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Why do we need a President and Executive branch when we have federal judges?
1 posted on 05/29/2026 12:11:17 PM PDT by CFW
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The word standing is bantered about when states or people sue someone/thing how does this judge have standing?


2 posted on 05/29/2026 12:13:46 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: CFW

Important fact #1) Our government is composed of three co-equal branches of government.

Important fact #2) The Judicial branch is the most powerful of the co-equal branches and the other two don’t really count.


3 posted on 05/29/2026 12:14:27 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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What the heck is an “organic statute”?


4 posted on 05/29/2026 12:14:28 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: CFW

Why do we need statutes, courts, Congress or the Constitution when we have Trump?


5 posted on 05/29/2026 12:15:59 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: ClearCase_guy

The Judicial branch is the most powerful of the co-equal branches until one or the other of the three branches decides that the Judicial Branch is full of it...........


6 posted on 05/29/2026 12:17:36 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: CFW

Here’s the way it works:

President Biden: “I want to…”
Federal judge: “Approved!”
(No need for Biden to even complete his sentence.)

President Trump: “I want to…”
Federal judge: “Denied!”
(No need for Trump to even complete his sentence.)


7 posted on 05/29/2026 12:20:43 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: Red Badger

We have way too many Commie/Crat judges..


8 posted on 05/29/2026 12:20:46 PM PDT by CMailBag (I)
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To: CMailBag

One is one too many.................


9 posted on 05/29/2026 12:24:58 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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Just appoint another hundred trustees from southern and midwestern states. If you can’t renovate it schedule shows like oklahoma and the hr puffnstuff televion show showing in imax , maybe an old fashioned circus, and a burt reynolds movie revival marathon. and don’t forget a rodeo.


10 posted on 05/29/2026 12:29:54 PM PDT by Waverunner (Torah! Torah! Torah! my favorite IDF radio code.)
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Isn’t it a shame that America is entirely and utterly without a single conservative judge willing or capable of obstructing anything a Democrat attempts to do?


11 posted on 05/29/2026 12:30:34 PM PDT by daler
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It’s all psyops to expose the corrupt judiciary.


12 posted on 05/29/2026 12:32:07 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Leaning Right

You nailed it!

We have groups funded with our tax dollars that do nothing but file lawsuits against Trump. This is exactly what they said they would do when he won in 2024; overload his administration with judicial complaints.


13 posted on 05/29/2026 12:35:54 PM PDT by CFW
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Too be overturned.
No worries.🕺🏻💃🏻


14 posted on 05/29/2026 12:37:37 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the Change You Filthy Animal !)
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Uh, “HE” didn’t rename it so.............


15 posted on 05/29/2026 12:37:49 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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If the place is falling apart or repairs have already started, what can the judge do about it?


16 posted on 05/29/2026 12:39:04 PM PDT by x
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They do not want people fixing things because they want it all to crumble.


17 posted on 05/29/2026 12:40:38 PM PDT by WhiteHatBobby0701
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Where the hell does this “judgette” slob get the authority to do this? The boy needs to stay in his lane.


18 posted on 05/29/2026 12:45:40 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Illegal Alien Border Invaders are the broken windows of America. Influencers of violence and crime.)
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To: Leaning Right
President Biden: “I want to…”
Federal judge: “Approved!”
(No need for Biden to even complete his sentence.)


Often, but not for his student loan scheme.
19 posted on 05/29/2026 12:47:04 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: Leaning Right
Females, foreigners, those from New York or California, people with foreign names or odd looks should be barred from the Federal judiciary.

20 posted on 05/29/2026 12:47:50 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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