Memorandum opinion in Beatty v. Trump

… no advance warning, President Trump announced that the Kennedy Center would close for two years pending “Construction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding.” The Board voted to approve the closure six weeks later. Ohio Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, an ex officio member of the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees, has sued to block several of these Board actions. Relevant here, she has moved for partial summary judgment on the name change and for a preliminary injunction (“PI”) to halt the imminent closure. The Defendants—who include the Kennedy Center, the Board, President Trump in his capacity as a trustee, and scores of its general and ex officio trustees—oppose Beatty’s motion for preliminary relief and have cross-moved for summary judgment on her claims for relief. Having considered the parties’ briefs and the factual record before it, the Court reaches …