A left-wing activist federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to restore propagandistic signs and exhibits related to slavery, climate change, and other contentious historical topics at America’s national parks and monuments across the country.
U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley, a Joe Biden appointee, issued a preliminary injunction requiring the Interior Department to reinstall the displays within 21 days after ruling that the removals likely violated federal law.
The lawsuit was brought by a coalition of conservation, historical, and scientific organizations, including the National Parks Conservation Association and the American Association for State and Local History.
BREAKING: Judge Angel Kelley blocks Interior Sec. Doug Burgum’s “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” Order as “a dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization” and orders DOI to “restore and reinstall” removed materials “forthwith.”
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— Chris “Law Dork” Geidner (@chrisgeidner) June 12, 2026
In her ruling, Kelley said the administration had removed materials that “do not align with its preferred narrative,” and claimed that doing so undermined the integrity of the national park system.
“Removing these signs not only undermines the integrity of the National Parks; it sets a dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization,” Kelley wrote.
The dispute stems from a March 2025 executive order signed by President Donald Trump directing federal agencies to eliminate what the administration described as “false revision of history” in parks, monuments, and memorials.
The White House pointed out that the exhibits portrayed the United States as “inherently racist, sexist, oppressive, or otherwise irredeemably flawed” and ordered a review of educational materials displayed at federal sites.
Biden activist judge Angel Kelley is criticized for her transgender civil rights, climate change & immigration rulings. “A vocal proponent of judicial equity, spearheading training programs designed to help court staff/fellow judges identify & combat conscious & unconscious bias” pic.twitter.com/oQzvmAP6JY
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Plaintiffs argued that the Interior Department unlawfully removed exhibits and adopted a policy without providing a sufficient legal justification.
The judge claimed that the groups had demonstrated a likelihood of success in their challenge and ordered the government to restore the displays ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations.
The Interior Department has yet to comment on the ruling, but has previously said its policy was intended to ensure national parks “tell the full and accurate story of American history.”
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