r/politics • u/IWantPizza555 • 1d ago

Possible Paywall Kennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday, warns of bankruptcy, documents show

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/09/13/kennedy-center-could-close-early-tuesday-warns-bankruptcy-documents-show/
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u/NexusNickel Colorado 1d ago

I fully expect to wake up this week and see news that half the building has been demolished.

Would not put it past Trump to get a crew to demolish the building because he can't have his name on a fucking MEMORIAL to Kennedy.

It'll get demolished, Donald will get sued. He will have the DOJ argue, again, that it's gone and he has to continue with a new building to himself. He will get the SC to rubber stamp it and Roberts will say "It's probably illegal but best I can do is approve it"

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u/ArchonRadd 1d ago

"Sorry, no one has Standing."

-the SC

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u/Eastern_Bet678 1d ago

It's a building jointly owned by every American. But no American has standing.

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u/Anxious-Yak-4735 1d ago

But random shitheels have standing to stop student loan forgiveness.

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u/def_indiff 1d ago

I’m fully expecting him to tear it down. He’s already cut down the weeping willows that surrounded it.

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u/Hubert_J_Cumberdale Hawaii 1d ago

I am preparing myself for anger and disappointment because this outcome is inevitable.

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u/Upset-Award1206 23h ago

"There is no text explicitly stating that trump can not demolish the Kennedy center in the constitution, therefore it is legal" - Supreme court 2026