A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to restore sites changed under an executive order calling for the nation’s museums, parks and landmarks to not display elements that “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living.”
The preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley in Massachusetts also orders a pause on any additional changes, writing that the plaintiffs have shown that these efforts are meant “to rewrite the Nation’s history with a white-out pen.”
“History cannot be faithfully told while excluding the experiences of communities whose contributions, struggles, and achievements form an important part of our Nation’s story,” the judge wrote.
That’s the thing. Our country has been running on Gentlemen’s Agreements for the past 240 years or so.
All of that breaks down when people who aren’t gentlemen take power. Until now the Administrative Branch would just comply with the Judicial Branch’s court order because the Constitution says that’s what you’re supposed to do. Now? Who knows…