{"id":144261,"date":"2026-02-17T16:21:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T00:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/02\/17\/federal-judge-tells-the-trump-administration-to-quit-acting-like-big-brother\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:21:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T00:21:48","slug":"federal-judge-tells-the-trump-administration-to-quit-acting-like-big-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/02\/17\/federal-judge-tells-the-trump-administration-to-quit-acting-like-big-brother\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Judge Tells The Trump Administration To Quit Acting Like Big Brother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>As if the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell\u2019s <em>1984<\/em> now existed, with its motto \u2018Ignorance is Strength,\u2019 this Court is now asked to determine whether the federal government has the power it claims\u2014to dissemble and disassemble historical truths when it has some domain over historical facts. It does not. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span>\u2014 Judge Cynthia M. Rufe granting the City of Philadelphia a preliminary injunction <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberglaw.com\/public\/desktop\/document\/CITYOFPHILADELPHIAvBURGUMetalDocketNo226cv00434EDPaJan222026Court\/6?doc_id=X32A4UCFNAN8KU9RSHDRVV05A5T\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">holding<\/a> the federal government must restore signage, displays and videos at the President\u2019s House site in Philly that discuss the slaves that George Washington owned at that location. Attorneys for the Trump administration argued, \u201cthe government gets to choose the message it wants to convey.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/02\/that-is-a-dangerous-statement-federal-judge-eviscerates-doj-over-slavery-exhibit-takedown\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Judge Rufe was not impressed<\/a> with the efforts to memory-hole slavery, characterizing it as \u201cdangerous\u201d and \u201chorrifying\u201d during oral arguments.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/02\/federal-judge-tells-the-trump-administration-to-quit-acting-like-big-brother\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Judge Tells The Trump Administration To Quit Acting Like Big Brother<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>As if the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell\u2019s <em>1984<\/em> now existed, with its motto \u2018Ignorance is Strength,\u2019 this Court is now asked to determine whether the federal government has the power it claims\u2014to dissemble and disassemble historical truths when it has some domain over historical facts. It does not. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span>\u2014 Judge Cynthia M. Rufe granting the City of Philadelphia a preliminary injunction <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberglaw.com\/public\/desktop\/document\/CITYOFPHILADELPHIAvBURGUMetalDocketNo226cv00434EDPaJan222026Court\/6?doc_id=X32A4UCFNAN8KU9RSHDRVV05A5T\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">holding<\/a> the federal government must restore signage, displays and videos at the President\u2019s House site in Philly that discuss the slaves that George Washington owned at that location. Attorneys for the Trump administration argued, \u201cthe government gets to choose the message it wants to convey.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/02\/that-is-a-dangerous-statement-federal-judge-eviscerates-doj-over-slavery-exhibit-takedown\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Judge Rufe was not impressed<\/a> with the efforts to memory-hole slavery, characterizing it as \u201cdangerous\u201d and \u201chorrifying\u201d during oral arguments.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/02\/federal-judge-tells-the-trump-administration-to-quit-acting-like-big-brother\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Judge Tells The Trump Administration To Quit Acting Like Big Brother<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As if the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell\u2019s 1984 now existed, with its motto \u2018Ignorance is Strength,\u2019 this Court is now asked to determine whether the federal government has the power it claims\u2014to dissemble and disassemble historical truths when it has some domain over historical facts. It does not. \u2014 Judge Cynthia M. 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