Appeals court rules Trump’s name can’t be carved into Institute of Peace building
The panel said the institute showed permanent facade changes could prejudice the ongoing legal fight.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit blocked the Trump administration from carving President Donald Trump's name into the U.S. Institute of Peace headquarters, halting plans for permanent engraving on the facility's limestone facade.
- While the administration already attached removable lettering to the building last December, USIP's former leaders sought an emergency injunction to prevent permanent alterations, arguing the carving would "set things in stone" before the legal battle concludes.
- Justice Department attorneys stated in a response brief that while the State Department researched "possible engraving" into the building, there are "no current plans" to carve the President's name; the institute remains an independent nonprofit created by Congress in 1984.
- Distinguishing between temporary signs and permanent damage, a divided three-judge panel granted the request, leaving the larger legal battle over the administration's control of USIP to be argued in November.
- These efforts reflect a broader pattern of the President attempting to leave his mark on Washington landmarks, including unsuccessful attempts to rename the Kennedy Center and Ford's Theatre, ensuring the building remains unchanged while litigation proceeds.
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Federal court blocks Trump from carving his name into another DC building
A federal appeals court has just put a stop to Donald Trump’s latest attempt to plaster his name onto another building in Washington, D.C. A divided three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the Trump administration from carving the president’s name into the headquarters of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an independent nonprofit created by Congress in 1984 to help prevent and resolve violent conflicts around the world.
Trump’s new plan to put his name on DC landmark hits brick wall in court
President Donald Trump’s effort to put his name permanently on the U.S. Institute of Peace headquarters has run into fresh trouble in federal court, with an appeals panel stopping the administration from carving it into the building while a bitter fight over control of the organization continues.A divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted a request from the institute’s ousted leadership Wednesday to bloc…
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