"The statute that established the center as a memorial to President Kennedy in 1964 "explicitly names it the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts," says Georgetown law professor David Super, meaning the moniker is legally baked into the facility's very existence. Because the center's name is codified in US law, a board of trustees vote won't cut it; an act of Congress is needed to tack on the "Trump.""
"Until then, however, any changes to the center's name are unofficial. "The other way of accomplishing a renaming is to hire somebody with a hammer and a chisel," Super adds. "But it wouldn't be legal." We've seen this film before, in fact: Consider, for example, the Department of War or the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace -which have never been established through an official legal channel and essentially function as colloquialisms, used mostly by the administration itself."
The Kennedy Center board voted unanimously to rebrand the institution as the "Trump-Kennedy Center." The center's name is explicitly established by a 1964 statute as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, making any formal change dependent on an act of Congress. House Republicans proposed renaming through the Make Entertainment Great Again Act. Until congressional action occurs, any naming changes remain unofficial and potentially illegal. The administration has used colloquial renamings before. The board's rebranding coincides with falling ticket sales since February, adversely affecting performers who work at the center.
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