In 1948, Congress authorized joint development of the 55-acre Independence Hall site between the City of Philadelphia and the National Park Service, plus authorization to enter into mutual agreements to jointly manage the site
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This is an annoying legally arcane Administrative Procedure Act & standing decision
The summary is the City of Philadelphia sued the National Park Service for unlawful agency action, and the 3rd Circuit says actually Philadelphia lacks standing to sue
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(of course, Hegseth's "warfighter" thing has always been thinly-veiled culture-war BS with no relationship to actual military readiness)
The flu vaccine was invented during WW2 by the US Army Commission on Influenza and Vaccine Development
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In 1950, the City of Philadelphia and the federal government entered into such an agreement, which includes promises to decide mutually on changes in signage, curation, etc.
James Garfield was a classical languages professor and taught courses in Latin language and Greek language, among others
PRECEDENTIAL OPINION. Coram: HARDIMAN, RESTREPO and PHIPPS, Circuit Judges. Total Pages: 36. Judge: HARDIMAN Authoring. (LMR) [Entered: 06/18/2026 08:46 AM]
In 2006, the City of Philadelphia agreed to *donate* the site to the National Park Service, and then enter into a new mutual agreement to jointly manage the site
So the site is wholly owned the federal government
Also to the extent the 2006 agreement is a contract, the court says these actions are not “final agency action” covered under the Administrative Procedure Act
So for all these reasons the court says the City of Philadelphia has got nothing, and lacks standing
🚨 BREAKING: 3rd Circuit allows Trump to replace slavery exhibits it removed from George Washington's Philadelphia mansion ahead of July 4.
The new panels say Washington's slaves had more "autonomy" and "even attend the theater, with Washington buying the tickets."
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