RE: https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/116659758510554452
#Beatty v. #Trump (25-cv-04480, District Court, D.C.) #Lawsuit over the #KennedyCenter capture, renaming, and closure.
2026/03/14
> The Court will therefore order that Beatty receive certain information and documents in advance of the meeting, to the extent they exist. It further orders that Beatty be afforded a meaningful opportunity to lodge her dissent at the meeting and not be categorically barred from speaking.
2026/05/29
> Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it.
> stripping ex officio trustees of their voting rights runs afoul of common-law trust principles incorporated into the statute
> Beatty is likely to succeed on her claim that the Board violated its fiduciary duty in voting to close the Kennedy Center, “one of the more consequential decisions in the institution’s lifespan.”
> The preliminary factual record before the Court reveals that, in ratifying President Trump’s closure announcement, the Board was derelict in discharging the full range of its responsibilities to the Center.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72069932/beatty-v-trump/
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