An Ohio lawmaker is suing President Donald J. Trump and his administration, saying they violated the law by renaming the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Congresswoman Joyce Beatty filed the lawsuit on Dec. 22 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The filing comes days after members of the Kennedy Center board, of which Beatty is a member, voted to rename the center and add Trump's name on the front end.
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Shortly after that vote, workers could be seen putting up new giant lettering outside the DC landmark that says: The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
"In scenes more reminiscent of authoritarian regimes than the American republic – the sitting President and his handpicked loyalists renamed this storied center," the lawsuit says. "This is a flagrant violation of the rule of law, and it flies in the face of our constitutional order."
