Chris Geidner
‪@chrisgeidner.bsky.social‬

NEW: In the Trump Arch case, Judge Chutkan signed a consent order that requires publicly posted National Park Service authorization before any construction could begin and 14-day notice by the Trump admin of any construction OR demolition. (At that point, litigation could happen.)

CONSENT ORDER
Upon consideration of Plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction, Defendants'
opposition thereto, and the full record in this case,
And in light of the parties' Amended Joint Status Report filed on April 6, ECF No. 24, and the statements in the sworn Declaration of Joshua Fisher, Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Administration, Executive Office of the President, ECF No. 24-1,
It is hereby ORDERED that:
(1) Consistent with Defendants' statements, Defendant NPS shall not authorize
construction of an arch on Memorial Circle to begin before NPS has published a notice stating its
authorization on its Planning,
Environment
and Public
Comment
website
(https://parkplanning.nps.gov/);
(2) Defendant NPS shall provide at least fourteen days' notice prior to commencement
of construction, or demolition in preparation for construction, of an arch on Memorial Circle by filing notice on the public docket in this case; and
(3) Plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction is denied without prejudice.
ALT
4:56 PM · Apr 8, 2026

Chris Geidner
‪@chrisgeidner.bsky.social‬

Chutkan consent order:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.289572/gov.uscourts.dcd.289572.26.0.pdf

Here was Tuesday's joint filing that prompted this:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.289572/gov.uscourts.dcd.289572.26.0.pdf

(They proposed the consent order signed today.)
4:58 PM · Apr 8, 2026