Sarah Isgur: Trump Can Stick A Post-It Note On The Wall, But Kennedy Center And Department Of Defense Are Named In Law
SCOTUSblog editor Sarah Isgur comments on President Trump renaming government departments and buildings on ABC’s “This Week” roundtable.
JON KARL, ABC NEWS: But, Sarah, just — because you’re our legal expert here at the table. He can’t actually rename the Kennedy Center, although I do see it’s renamed? I mean, it’s not really in his power. SARAH ISGUR, EDITOR AT SCOTUSBLOG & ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR: Donald Trump is on track to be the least consequential president of our lifetime because he keeps thinking he can do things, like re-naming the Kennedy Center, like even the DEI policies that so many people like. Birthright citizenship. These are all things that are done by statute. In the case of the Kennedy Center, 20 U.S.C. 76. You can look it up. It is Congress that named the Kennedy Center. He can stick a Post-it note on it all he wants, but it doesn’t change the name, just like the Department of Defense is also done by statute.
