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John F. Kennedy Center Establishment

The establishment and governance of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts by Congress

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Feb 3, 2026

What authority does president trump have to put his name I. The Kennedy center

The short answer: under the factual record in the reporting, has no clear statutory authority to unilaterally rename the ; named the center by statute in the 1960s and multiple legal experts and Democ...

Feb 3, 2026

Is Trump closing the Kennedy Center

publicly announced that Center for the Performing Arts — renamed by its board as the Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts — will close on July 4, 2026 for an...

Feb 2, 2026

What federal statutes govern the John F. Kennedy Center and what powers do they give Congress versus the Center’s board?

created and named the Center for the Performing Arts by statute in Public Law 88‑260, embedding the Center as a ly authorized living memorial and establishing a statutory within the Smithsonian instit...

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