Robert Garcia called the removal of Donald Trump's name from the John F. Kennedy Center a major win for democracy and the rule of law.

President Donald Trump has asked a federal appeals court to stay a lower-court order that his name before removed from the performing arts center.

Since returning to the White House, Trump has taken repeated measures to put his name and image in official spaces, an abrupt break with American political tradition.

US District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled on May 29 that only Congress could rename the arts centre.

Workers began removing President Donald Trump's name from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts facade. A federal judge ruled the renaming unlawful. The effort…