No event at the Kennedy Center in recent months has drawn as much anticipation in Washington as the removal of President Trump's name from the building's facade. The date and time of the performance are not yet public, but residents and reporters are on alert to watch workers pull down the letters that were hastily added in December, when the institution was ungrammatically rechristened 'The Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.' Already, as my colleague Janay Kingsberry reported last week, Trump's name has been removed from the center's website, as well as from 'email signatures, email communications, letterhead, website, brochures, promotional materials, press releases, signs, references in contracts, MOUs, and other agreements.' These are signs of the center moving to comply with a judge's ruling late last month that ordered it to revert to its statutory name. The re-renaming is a welcome win for the rule of law, but the precarious path...
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