Following the renaming of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, President Donald Trump is being taken to court and being challenged by congress.

According to the BBC, the Democratic US Representative Joyce Beatty has filed a lawsuit seeking to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center.

In her lawsuit Beatty argues “that the renaming was illegal because changing the name requires ‘an act of Congress.'” She suit also noted that “Beatty had called into the meeting about the name change but was muted when she tried to voice her opposition.”

According to Beatty, “Congress intended for the centre to be a ‘living memorial’ to former President Kennedy.”

In addition to the lawsuit, Congresswoman April McClain Delaney has introduced legation “to stand up to this Administration and to remove Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center.” In a statement on social media, she said, “Congress must stop the ‘Trump branding’ of our national treasures and memorials, particularly this national treasure which uplifts our national arts and commemorates a fallen president.”

Delaney added, “The Kennedy Center is a memorial to a fallen President. Changing the name of the Kennedy Center is a betrayal of President Kennedy’s legacy and an affront to the American people and our shared history. My legislation will require the immediate removal of Donald Trump’s name from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and to prevent future actions to rename it or other historic landmarks or memorials.”

The news comes after the performing arts center was renamed following a vote by the Trump-allied board of the Kennedy Center. The current president’s name was immediately added to the facade of the building causing an uproar in the performing arts world with the Kennedy family condemning the move as illegal.

According to NBC News, “the law creating the center prohibited any of the facilities from being renamed, other than the Eisenhower Theater, after the president whose administration first authorized its construction in 1958. The project stalled and was revived under President John F. Kennedy, whose family led an effort to get the center built and named in his honor following his assassination. Two months later, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the legislation making it a living memorial to Kennedy. According to U.S. code, ‘After December 2, 1983, no additional memorials or plaques in the nature of memorials shall be designated or installed in the public areas of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.’”

Since Trump took over the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, the president has seen the lowest ratings for the Kennedy Center Honors and has seen attendance go down. Additionally, Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance have been booed. Several artists have canceled their participation at the center, including the creators of “Fellow Travelers.” The Washington National Opera has suggested it may depart the center.

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