Judge orders Trump administration to reinstall slavery and climate change exhibits
A Biden-appointed judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstall exhibits about slavery and climate change that had been removed from national parks and monuments. The judge's ruling stated that the removal of these exhibits undermined the integrity of the national parks and set a dangerous precedent of censorship. The exhibits must be restored within 21 days, in time for the US's 250th anniversary.
- ▪The Trump administration had removed exhibits about slavery and climate change from national parks and monuments across the country.
- ▪A group argued that the Interior Department was carrying out a sustained campaign to erase history and undermine science.
- ▪The judge's ruling echoed the group's rhetoric, saying the agency's conduct was undermining the integrity of the national parks.
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A Biden-appointed judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstall scrapped exhibits about slavery and climate change that had been removed from parks and monuments across the country. U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley issued a preliminary injunction upon the request of a group arguing the Interior Department has been carrying out a “sustained campaign to erase history and undermine science.” Kelley echoed the group’s rhetoric in her ruling, saying agency’s conduct was undermining the integrity of the national parks and setting “a dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization.” Recommended Stories WATCH LIVE: UFC fighters hold press conference from Lincoln Memorial Trump officials brush off algae reappearing in Reflecting Pool after weekslong renovation WATCH LIVE: Crews begin…
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