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U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that the Trump administration board violated a 1964 law passed by Congress 3. In his 94-page opinion, Cooper stated that Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name and only Congress has the authority to change it 4 11 12. The court rejected Department of Justice arguments that the renaming was an informal nickname 6. Although President Trump and his allies assert the law is on their side 9, high-credibility sources show the ruling was based on the board overstepping its statutory bounds 11. The claim that the judge knowingly ignored the law is a political allegation made by the former president without supporting evidence 1 10.