A federal judge on Monday temporarily barred the removal of a memorial to Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery after a push from a citizens group and some GOP lawmakers.

The temporary restraining order, issued by U.S. District Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. in Alexandra, Va., comes just one day after a group called Defend Arlington, which is affiliated with a group called Save Southern Heritage Florida, filed a suit against the Department of Defense seeking a restraining order against the memorial’s removal.

It is set to expire at 5 p.m. Wednesday following an expected hearing Wednesday morning.

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    1 year ago

    Drop that shit in the Marianna Trench.

    I wouldn’t want the creatures in the Marianna Trench to think we’re endorsing that kind of thing. Although, we arguably deserve an eldritch horror from the deep surfacing to judge us for our evil deeds.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah. We need to drop it into mount doom.

      Edit: apparently the Iceland volcano just started erupting. This is clearly a sign to drop it in that volcano.