A U.S. appeals court has lifted a judge's order requiring the Trump administration to reinstall exhibits on slavery and climate change in national parks. The administration had removed the displays under an executive order targeting content deemed to disparage American history.
The court's decision allows the administration to continue removing exhibits it deems inappropriate, potentially altering how historical and scientific topics are presented in national parks.
A U.S. appeals court has lifted a judge's order that had required the Trump administration to reinstall dozens of exhibits on topics such as slavery and climate change in national parks. The exhibits were removed under a directive from President Donald Trump targeting displays that "inappropriately disparage American past or living."
U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley had previously ordered the National Park Service to restore the signs within 21 days, arguing that their removal undermined "the integrity of the National Parks" and set a "dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization."
Trump's executive order aimed to counter what he called a "revi
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