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.
An Interior Department spokesperson, in a statement to CNN, criticized Kelley as “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.
