Republican efforts to rename the Kennedy Center in honor of President Donald Trump, and to christen its Opera House after First Lady Melania Trump, are likely illegal, NBC News reported Monday. The report cited multiple congressional and legal experts who challenge the legality of the move because federal law strictly prohibits such renaming.

A House Republican’s bill would strip former President Kennedy’s name from the Washington institution created in the 35th commander in chief’s honor and instead have it known as the “Trump Center for the Performing Arts.” The bill, recently introduced by Rep. Bob Onder (R-Mo.), aims to “designate the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing…