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cbabe

(7,068 posts)
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:35 PM Jul 3

Reversal: Trump administration can remove history and climate info from US parks, court says

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/02/trump-administration-wins-appeal-national-parks

Trump administration can remove history and climate info from US parks, court says

In latest legal twist, appeals panel rules US does not have to reinstate signage on climate, immigration and slavery

Uwa Ede-Osifo
Thu 2 Jul 2026 19.20 EDT

The Trump administration does not have to reinstate materials related to climate change, immigration and slavery that it has removed from national parks, a US appeals court ruled on Thursday.

It’s the latest twist in a legal battle over how history is remembered at American public monuments.



But on Thursday, a three-judge panel with the US court of appeals for the first circuit determined that a lower court erred in its finding that the advocacy groups would suffer “irreparable harm” if the contested materials were not promptly put back.

According to the ruling, the district court’s determination that the Trump administration was erasing certain histories and degrading public trust did not amount to “any specific harms likely to be experienced by the plaintiffs”.

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Reversal: Trump administration can remove history and climate info from US parks, court says (Original Post) cbabe Jul 3 OP
No specific harm? Endlessmike56 Jul 3 #1
Like separate but equal. cbabe Jul 3 #3
Exactly underpants Jul 3 #4
3-judge panel---needs appeal to the full court (en-banc)? hlthe2b Jul 3 #2
The weird thing is... DET Jul 3 #5

Endlessmike56

(265 posts)
1. No specific harm?
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:52 PM
Jul 3

How about making a generation of Americans unaware of the pains of slavery and the destructive force of climate change

hlthe2b

(115,440 posts)
2. 3-judge panel---needs appeal to the full court (en-banc)?
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:55 PM
Jul 3

Not sure what the odds are but, damn! This is disgusting.

DET

(2,701 posts)
5. The weird thing is...
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 03:14 PM
Jul 3

The three deciding judges were all appointed by Democratic presidents.

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