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A court is asked by the US Institute of Peace and its ousted board members to prevent Trump from engraving his name on the structure.
Another Washington, DC-based organization is battling to prevent President Donald Trump from permanently affixing his name to the front of their structure.
In order to stop the administration from engraving Trump's name on the front of its headquarters, which was renamed for him last year, the US Institute of Peace and its dismissed board members requested emergency relief from a federal appeals court on Thursday.
Last December, Trump had his name affixed to the structure, renaming it the Donald J. Trump US Institute of Peace, following his dismantling of the independent organization that was established by Congress in 1984 with the goal of resolving conflict.
The administration is "unsatisfied with the relative impermanence of external lettering" and now seems to have "taken steps to prepare to carve" Trump's name onto the front of the building, according to the agency's and its former leadership's attorneys' petition. "A formal request for the work has been made and a contractor has been selected," the attorneys stated.
The White House has been contacted by CNN for comment.
The agency's proposal coincides with Trump's battle to have his name added to the Kennedy Center, another famous structure in Washington, DC; the agency's attorneys use this as an example in their court petition.
The Kennedy Center's board, which Trump appointed with his supporters, was ordered by a federal judge on Thursday to provide 30 days' notice prior to any planned demolition or new construction.
On Wednesday nite, Trump was seen examining a billboard that seemed to say, "Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED." The center is in "very dangerous shape," and the president had earlier in the day warned that it would "end up being ripped down" without his involvement and funding.
Trump has prioritized adding his name to federal buildings and altering landmarks to suit his preferences throughout his second term, which has sparked strong public criticism and multiple lawsuits.
