Three months ago, a 75-year-old lawmaker filed a complaint as part of an ongoing lawsuit in federal court, claiming that she had been unlawfully excluded from an upcoming board meeting that would determine the fate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Today, the plaintiff'Representative Joyce Beatty'feels vindicated, she told me, after a federal judge last week ruled in her favor, ordering the removal of President Trump's name from the Kennedy Center and temporarily halting his plan to close the institution this summer for a two-year renovation project. On Thursday, the Kennedy Center moved to implement the first half of that ruling, instructing staff to remove Trump's name from signage and center materials. In a new filing yesterday, Beatty's legal team told the court that the Kennedy Center has yet to clearly indicate that it will comply with the judge's preliminary injunction requiring the institution to remain open past July 5. Beatty, an Ohio Democrat and an...
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