2026-09-16T21:21:31.203Z / 路透社
作者：迈克·斯卡塞拉
2026年9月16日 晚上9:21 UTC 更新于2小时前
[1/3]2026年9月16日，美国华盛顿，肯尼迪表演艺术中心董事会投票决定关闭该中心进行维修的次日，围栏被搭建在约翰·F·肯尼迪纪念表演艺术中心外。路透社/杰西卡·科希尼亚克
路透社华盛顿9月16日电 — 美国一名联邦法官已下令唐纳德·特朗普政府解释，肯尼迪中心计划关闭该表演艺术场馆长达两年进行维修的行为，是否违反了限制其关闭能力的法院命令。
华盛顿联邦地区法官克里斯托弗·库珀指示政府于本周四之前，就一起诉讼中的指控作出回应。该诉讼称，肯尼迪中心董事会周二批准推进这项2.57亿美元的翻新工程，将违反此前的法院命令。
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在周三提交的法庭文件中，这起诉讼的原告、美国民主党众议员乔伊斯·贝蒂辩称，董事会的投票表决违反了库珀法官此前的裁决。该董事会由特朗普担任主席，且由其任命的人员掌控。
贝蒂表示，由国会设立并于1971年开放以纪念约翰·F·肯尼迪的肯尼迪中心，在正常运营时间内已不再对公众开放。周三，大楼外可见新增的围栏。
“董事会不能仅仅在符合自身利益时，就无视库珀法官的裁决，”贝蒂的律师诺曼·艾森和纳撒尼尔·泽林斯基在一份声明中说道，“在这个国家，没有人——包括总统——凌驾于法律之上。”
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白宫和肯尼迪中心未立即回复置评请求。代表肯尼迪中心在法庭上进行辩护的司法部，也未立即回复置评请求。
此次关闭投票是这起诉讼的最新导火索。贝蒂去年就特朗普试图将该中心以他的名字重新命名一事提起了诉讼。凭借其美国国会议员的身份，贝蒂也是肯尼迪中心董事会成员之一。
库珀法官今年5月的命令指示肯尼迪中心移除建筑外墙上的特朗普名字，称只有国会才能更改场馆名称。
该裁决否决了肯尼迪中心此前计划于7月关闭进行翻新的提议，称其“未尽到受托人审慎履职的义务”。库珀表示，只要董事会做出“经过深思熟虑的独立决定”，他不会阻止董事会再次尝试关闭该中心。
库珀在周二的新裁决中，驳回了该中心最新的将特朗普名字添加到建筑上的尝试，以体现他在计划中的翻新工程中发挥的作用。
政府已提起上诉，特朗普在社交媒体上表示，如果不允许肯尼迪中心关闭进行维修，该中心“注定会走向衰败”。
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Judge in Kennedy Center case orders Trump administration to explain closure plans
2026-09-16T21:21:31.203Z / Reuters
By Mike Scarcella
September 16, 2026 9:21 PM UTC Updated 2 hours ago
[1/3]Fencing is erected outside the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, a day after the Kennedy Center Board voted to close the center for repairs, in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 16, 2026. REUTERS/Jessica Koscielniak
WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to explain whether the Kennedy Center’s plan to close the performing arts venue for up to two years for repairs violates a court order limiting its ability to shut down.
Washington-based U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper directed the administration to respond by Thursday to claims in a lawsuit that the board’s vote on Tuesday to proceed with the $257 million renovation project would violate that order.
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In a court filing on Wednesday, the plaintiff in the lawsuit, Democratic U.S. Representative Joyce Beatty, argued that the board vote ran afoul of the court’s prior ruling. The board is chaired by Trump and controlled by his appointees.
Beatty said the Kennedy Center, which was established by Congress and opened in 1971 as a memorial to John F. Kennedy, is no longer accessible to the public during normal operating hours. New barriers were visible outside the building on Wednesday.
“The board cannot simply ignore Judge Cooper’s rulings whenever it suits them,” Beatty’s lawyers, Norm Eisen and Nathaniel Zelinsky, said in a statement. “In this country, no one — including the president — is above the law.”
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The White House and Kennedy Center did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The Justice Department, which is defending the Kennedy Center in court, also did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The closure vote marks the latest flashpoint in the lawsuit, which Beatty filed last year over Trump’s effort to rename the center after himself. Beatty is a member of the Kennedy Center’s board by virtue of her position in the U.S. Congress.
Cooper’s order in May directed the Kennedy Center to remove Trump’s name from the building’s facade, saying only Congress can change the name.
The ruling blocked the center’s earlier plan to shut down in July for renovation, saying its decision to do so “was taken in dereliction of the trustees’ duty of prudence.” Cooper said he would not block the board from trying again to close the center as long as it made a “considered, independent decision.”
Cooper in a new ruling on Tuesday rejected the center’s latest effort to put Trump’s name on the building to reflect his role in the planned renovation.
The administration has appealed, and Trump on social media said the Kennedy Center “is destined to doom” if it is not permitted to close for repairs.
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Reporting by Mike Scarcella; Editing by David Bario and Aurora Ellis
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