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The federal government removed information from the site of George Washington's home about the nine enslaved people held there.

PHILADELPHIA (CN) — The Third Circuit is gearing up for a legal clash Tuesday between the City of Philadelphia and the Trump administration after the federal government dismantled a public exhibit about the people enslaved by George Washington.

In 2010, the National Park Service and Philadelphia unveiled “The President’s House: Freedom and Slavery in the Making of a New Nation,” an open-air exhibit across the street from Independence Hall and directly atop the remains of Washington’s Philadelphia home.

Consisting of several informational panels and video presentations placed on walls indicating where Washington’s house stood, the exhibit told of the nine enslaved Africans held on the site by the first president: Austin, Paris, Hercules, Christopher Sheels, Richmond, Giles, Moll, Joe and Ona Judge — the last of whom fled Washington’s enslavement in 1796 and evaded a subsequent manhunt, spending her final 51 years a free woman.

In March 2025, however, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of the Interior to review national park displays the administration argues “inappropriately disparage” the United States.

After months of delays, the National Park Service began dismantling the exhibit on Jan. 22, prying the panels off the walls and shutting off video presentations.

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A win ... for the moment.

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The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held up not just the magazine ban, but the government's requirement for people to turn in magazines with no compensation.

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US Third Circuit Court of Appeals finds that BIA applied the wrong legal standard for the likelihood of state aquiesence to torture by ignoring evidence related to a tattoo

The following quote is an excerpt from the concurring opinion of Judge McKee, joined by Judges Ambro and Roth, in the precedential decision Quinteros v. US Attorney General, Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit 2019. Read the full decision here.

I join my colleagues’ thoughtful opinion in its entirety. I write separately because I think it is as necessary as it is important to emphasize the manner in which the BIA dismissed Quinteros’ claim that he would be tortured (and perhaps killed) if sent back to El Salvador. For reasons I will explain below, it is difficult for me to read this record and conclude that the Board was acting as anything other than an agency focused on ensuring Quinteros’ removal rather than as the neutral and fair tribunal it is expected to be. That criticism is harsh and I do not make it lightly.

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In an explanation that is both baffling and dismaying, the BIA now claims: “Apart from his own testimony and the testimony of his expert witness, the record is devoid of any objective evidence establishing that a person with a New York Yankees tattoo without any other gang identifying marks will be identified as a . . . gang member and subjected to torture.” I am at a loss to understand what the BIA is referring to by requiring “objective” evidence. The IJ whose order was being reviewed had held that Quinteros was credible, stating: “Based on a review of the totality of evidence, the Court finds that Respondent’s testimony was consistent with the record and he was forthright with the Court regarding his past membership in MS-13 gang. Thus, the Court finds Respondent credible.” Moreover, there was nothing to suggest that Quinteros’ testimony lacked credibility regarding any aspect of his fear of MS-13 or how gang members would interpret his tattoo, and neither IJ suggested anything to the contrary.

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The PennEast Pipeline project continues to move ahead but it's a long tough slog through the swamps of New Jersey and extremist environmental politics.

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A man lost his Second Amendment rights because of a second DUI conviction. The reason? The possible sentence was five years or more.

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A man lost his Second Amendment rights because of a second DUI conviction. The reason? The possible sentence was five years or more.

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Victory: Third Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Rights of Transgender Students

This afternoon, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a lower court’s ruling that upheld a Pennsylvania school district’s policy that permits transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identity.

Court observers had the opportunity to witness a rare spectacle. Rather than take weeks or months to issue an opinion after arguments, the…

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