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… freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: "upi-com_incontent_reusable", slotId: "upi-com_incontent_reusable_91373" }); </script> </div></div></p> <p>Cooper wrote in his Thursday decision that Beatty's request for a hearing was denied.</p> <p>But he added another order.</p> <p>"To avoid any confusion on that score given more recent events, the Court hereby ORDERS Defendants [the Kennedy Center board] to provide such notice in writing to Plaintiffs in both cases more than 30 days before the implementation of any changes to the scope of the project plans presented to the Court in D.C. Preservation League [a separate case], including but not limited to any 'demolition' of the Center's main building," <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72069932/beatty-v-trump/#entry-87" target="_blank">the ruling said</a>.</p> <p>Trump has threatened to demolish the building if he doesn't get to put his name on it, saying that it's in poor condition.</p> <p>"The closing will take place immediately, however, the Renovation and Reconstruction, which is a very large and complex job, cannot begin until such time as the D.C. Circuit rules on the Board's approved name," <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117276573235915643" target="_blank">he posted Tuesday on Truth Social</a>. "If the ruling is a negative one, which it should not be, and is not overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Reconstruction and the Renovation of the Kennedy Center will not take place."</p> …

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