On July 8, a federal appeals court denied President Trump’s request to stop the removal of his name from the Kennedy Center.

In the decision, three appeals court judges said the president had failed to prove that the arts center would be “irreparably injured” without Trump’s name attached to it.

The appeals court judges also asked why the building has been covered with a tarp and scaffolding since June 13, the date that the performing was asked to removed Trump’s name.

In previous court filings, Trump’s legal team asserted that removing the president’s name from the arts complex, both on the physical building and in its digital materials, would inflict irreparable harm in both time and money already spent.

This latest round of court decisions is part of the ongoing litigation filed by Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, against Trump and the board of the Kennedy Center.

On May 29, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that the renaming of the Kennedy Center was illegal and blocked the Kennedy Center from temporarily closing its doors for a years long renovation. The ruling caused President Donald Trump to complain and release a long winded truth social post stating he would be transferring all the power back to the congress so they could figure out what to do with the performing arts center. It also caused his loyalist board of the Kennedy Center to appeal the decision to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the performing arts center.

The Kennedy Center is currently under investigation for mismanagement and has yet to announce a 2026-27 season.

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