the unilateral authority to rename the institution the  Trump Kennedy Center  and ordered staff to immediately remove references to the president from its branding, including its website, social media accounts, and letterhead. The judge also ruled that the board had acted unlawfully in approving a two-year closure of the institution for renovations.

In their filing, attorneys for the Kennedy Center and Trump argued that removing the president's name from the building, only to restore it if their appeal ultimately succeeds, would waste both  time and money. 

Representative Joyce Beatty of Ohio, a Democrat who sued the administration over the name change and planned closure, described the court's ruling in a statement as  the beginning of returning the Kennedy Center to the American people,  adding,  The rule of law prevailed, and that is worth celebrating.