Judge Christopher Cooper, who blocked the closing of the Trump Kennedy Center while renovations must be done, has just denied a motion by the center’s lawyers to halt the removal of President Trump’s name from the building.
Here’s the news via WAPO:
A federal judge Friday denied the Kennedy Center’s last-ditch motion to delay removing President Donald Trump’s name from the performing arts venue, as crews erected scaffolding next to the building less than 12 hours before the court-ordered deadline to do so.
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that the Kennedy Center’s lawyers failed to demonstrate they were likely to win their appeal or that the center would suffer “irreparable harm” if Trump’s name were removed.
Justice Department lawyers representing the center filed the motion to stay after the center’s trustees voted Thursday to appeal Cooper’s May 29 ruling. They could still pursue a stay through an appeals court.
On Friday afternoon, crews erected scaffolding in front of the building where Trump’s and Kennedy’s names are displayed.
Cooper is an Obama appointee and you can be sure they’ll appeal this ruling. It’s absolutely ridiculous that this judge is blocking anything related to the renovation and forcing the center to remove Trump’s name.