After the court forced the removal of the president’s name from the building’s title, the center devised a plan to add an inscription honoring President Trump.

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Just seconds after the Trump administration's lawyer, Bradley Mayers, began making his case at a nearly two-hour hearing, U.S. District Court Judge Christopher Cooper interrupted to ask why the center needed to begin inscribing the president's name on the institution's facade as soon as Sept. 8.