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Chuck Redd canceled a 20-year Christmas Eve tradition following the installation of signage renaming the facility to include Donald Trump.The controversial move has sparked a federal lawsuit from Joyce Beatty, who alleges the Trump-appointed board violated a 1964 law designating the center as a memorial exclusively for John F. Kennedy.As prominent figures like Lin-Manuel Miranda also withdraw in protest, legal scholars and Ray Smock argue that such name alterations require congressional approval.
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