Chutkan signs consent order that requires publicly posted NPS authorization before construction on Trump Arch can begin

[mahatmakanejeeves]

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

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.)

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2026-04-08T20:56:52.603Z

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

Chutkan consent order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Here was Tuesday's joint filing that prompted this: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

(They proposed the consent order signed today.)

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2026-04-08T20:58:10.819Z

[in2herbs]

1. I like Chutkan but why didn't she just say that it couldn't be built because its owned by the People, not

subject to F45's whims.

[2naSalit]

2. There needs to be...

A minimum of 30 days available for public comment on it before the NPS can okay the permit.

[slightlv]

3. This just really angers and frustrates me...

the American people, other than the 1% for whom this country seems only to exist, can't afford medical care, medical access, groceries, or gasoline for their vehicles. And yet this dimwit wants to take OUR tax dollars and build monuments to himself all over D.C. I'd much rather that money be refunded back to each of us to make up for the red in our checkbooks, thanks to trump. Monuments, memorials, etc., are wonderful when they're carefully considered and designed for a specific reason... but to throw up trash in response to an egomaniacs' desire for bling when the people he's supposed to be serving are suffering, should be cause for charges of "crimes against humanity." (IMO, at least)