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Construction workers readied Friday to remove President Donald Trump\u2019s name from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after a judge denied a last-minute effort to keep Trump\u2019s mark atop the storied Washington institution.<\/p>\n

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U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled Friday afternoon that the center\u2019s board and the Justice Department had not made a strong case they would prevail in an appeal of his earlier decision that the name be removed<\/u><\/span> by Friday\u2019s end.<\/p>\n

Workers erected scaffolding earlier Friday while the case played out, preparing to remove the individual letters from the president\u2019s name that were added to the Kennedy Center on Dec. 19. A crowd gathered around to watch, cheering \u201ctake it down\u201d as the workers clad in yellow vests milled around the front of the center.<\/p>\n

The Kennedy Center and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment from NOTUS on Friday.<\/p>\n

The planned return to the long-standing name comes after months of legal wrangling, including an effort by the board \u2014 filled with Trump allies \u2014 on Thursday to halt Cooper\u2019s previous order that the president\u2019s name come off by the end of the day Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cRequiring a name change now, only to potentially revert back to the current name after appeal would be incredibly confusing for the public,\u201d the lawyers argued in a court filing.<\/p>\n

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Rep. Joyce Beatty, an Ohio Democrat and an ex officio member of the center\u2019s board of trustees, countered that the administration\u2019s attempt to keep the Trump-Kennedy Center \u201cgrasps at straws.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s clear to me after this latest board meeting that some of Donald Trump\u2019s appointees are more focused on elevating the president than advancing the arts,\u201d Beatty said in a statement. \u201cThe court was clear in its order because the statute is clear: Only Congress can change the name of the Kennedy Center.\u201d<\/p>\n

The center\u2019s board voted in December to rename the institution. Several months prior, Trump fired several incumbent trustees from the board and appointed new members, including himself. The board then named him chair of the center.<\/p>\n

Legal troubles for the performing arts center showed no signs of abating Friday. The Washington National Opera filed suit<\/u><\/span> Thursday demanding that the center pay more than $17 million that the opera company estimates it is owed. The opera claims that Kennedy Center officials have refused to release the money.<\/p>\n

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