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Judge orders Trump administration to restore signs changed at national parks
CNN ^ | 14/6/26 | Kaanita Iyer

Posted on 06/14/2026 5:38:59 AM PDT by Eleutheria5

A federal judge in Massachusetts has ordered the Trump administration to restore all signs that were changed or removed at national parks across the country as part of President Donald Trump’s controversial directive last year.

In a scathing 63-page ruling on Friday, Judge Angel Kelley wrote, “Under the guise of promoting American dignity, this Administration seeks to share a limited history by ordering the removal of all signs, displays, and interpretive exhibits at National Parks that do not align with its preferred narrative, thereby telling half-truths.”

Kelley, an appointee of President Joe Biden, ordered that the restoration be complete by July 3, ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday. In the ruling, she also blocked the Trump administration from making any further changes to exhibits at national parks.

In a statement on Saturday, an Interior Department spokesperson called Kelley “a liberal activist judge” and suggested that the department could appeal the ruling.

“The Department will look at our appeal options while we celebrate UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House this weekend in honor of our nation’s 250th with the greatest president in the history of our country - President Donald J. Trump,” the statement read.

Friday’s ruling comes as part of a lawsuit filed by coalition of conservationists and advocates in February against the Interior Department and the National Park Service that accused the administration of “mounting a sustained campaign to erase history and undermine science.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: angelkelly; interference; judgewatch; judgywudgy; obstruction; parks; renaming; undermining

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More judicial craziness.
1 posted on 06/14/2026 5:38:59 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

Uh, yeah, I think we should ignore and carry on.


2 posted on 06/14/2026 5:44:42 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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To: Eleutheria5
President Trump better push back. How the hell can a judge in Massachusetts make national policy?

SCOTUS is comatose most of the year. Maybe one of them might deign to poke his head up
out of his hidey-hole at some point in the distant future. By then the damage is done.
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3 posted on 06/14/2026 5:45:58 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Eleutheria5

It’s time to start removing these judges from the bench.


4 posted on 06/14/2026 5:46:37 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Eleutheria5

Where’s that in the Constitution?


5 posted on 06/14/2026 5:46:52 AM PDT by skr (1 Peter 1:15 - But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation)
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To: Eleutheria5

Judge Angel. From Massachusetts.


6 posted on 06/14/2026 5:46:52 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys. P. J. O'Rourk)
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To: Eleutheria5

No standing. That belongs to the Executive Branch.


7 posted on 06/14/2026 5:47:25 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: SharpRightTurn

Is Angel Black?


8 posted on 06/14/2026 5:48:09 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: No name given

Removing with extreme prejudice.


9 posted on 06/14/2026 5:49:46 AM PDT by Mouton (There is a new sheriff and deputy in town now! )
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To: Eleutheria5
Not giving CNN a hit.

Anyone remember an example of these terrible changes?

10 posted on 06/14/2026 5:50:49 AM PDT by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: Eleutheria5

What is a half-truth to a Communist?


11 posted on 06/14/2026 5:56:32 AM PDT by bray (Thank God for Israel)
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To: rktman

Ditto


12 posted on 06/14/2026 5:58:09 AM PDT by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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To: GingisK
One of my few disappointments with the Trump administration is that they seem to accept this kind of judicial overreach as legitimate.

Which, of course, only encourages the left to engage in more of it.

13 posted on 06/14/2026 5:58:13 AM PDT by daler
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To: Ann Archy

“Is Angel Black?”

From an online photo accompanying her bio. it appears she may be mixed race, with some black in the mixture.


14 posted on 06/14/2026 5:58:29 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys. P. J. O'Rourk)
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To: Ann Archy

I would say YES - possibly mixed race...fairly plump from the only pic I could find...couldn’t copy/paste for some reason.


15 posted on 06/14/2026 5:59:32 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Eleutheria5

1. Whose preferred narrative?
2. What law was broken that required intervention?


16 posted on 06/14/2026 6:02:16 AM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: grobdriver

Since I had already given them a hit, here’s one example listed:

“At South Carolina’s Fort Sumter National Monument, a sign that included details on the looming impacts of climate change, including information on how “rising seas could inundate most of the fort’s walls and flood the historic parade ground” was removed in its entirety.”


17 posted on 06/14/2026 6:02:21 AM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: Eleutheria5

I believe the USSC has already ruled that a Federal Judge can NOT go beyond his own district.


18 posted on 06/14/2026 6:02:25 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: grobdriver

https://razorbackreporter.uark.edu/2025/12/05/the-race-to-retain-history-at-national-parks-amid-new-federal-directives/

This may help - didn’t read it all - may find something more condensed than this...


19 posted on 06/14/2026 6:02:43 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Eleutheria5

I would ignore this judge. She has no jurisdiction over what signs are posted in parks nationally.

Perhaps ignoring this idiotic nonsense for once, is the only way to stop it.

We have gotten nowhere by playing these games they foist upon us.


20 posted on 06/14/2026 6:03:16 AM PDT by dforest
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