Angel Kelley, a U.S. District Judge for Massachusetts, issued a preliminary injunction on Friday that mandates the National Park Service stop taking any further action to implement President Trump’s executive order to remove “partisan ideology.” This order was designed to remove descriptions that the administration believed disparaged Americans, but it resulted in the broad removal of historical context regarding civil rights, slavery, and climate change across the country.
Per the Washington Post, the administration has been systematically reviewing hundreds of materials across the national park system. In her 63-page order, Kelly stated that the policy “sets a dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization.” She has given the federal government a strict 21-day window to restore and reinstall all interpretive materials that were altered, damaged, or removed as a result of the executive order.
