A federal judge's ruling Tuesday allows the city to move ahead with plans to remove prominent Confederate monuments from the city's streets, and delivers a blow to preservationists and a chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ruled against a collection of groups seeking to block the removal of four monuments, including a towering marble column and bronze statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, a landmark on the cityscape.
In December, the City Council voted 6-1 to remove the monuments. The move is one of the boldest statements yet by an American city to sever ties with its Confederate past, and it has sparked strong emotions in this Deep South city where tensions over the Civil War still run deep.
Barbier, though, said his ruling was based on the law, not on passions.
"The Court is well aware of the emotion and passions that are involved in this case," Barbier wrote in his 62-page ruling. "The Court does not judge the wisdom, or lack thereof, of the actions taken by the Mayor or the City."
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ReplyDeleteThose who commit treason don't deserve statues.
ReplyDeleteObama will never get a statue.
DeleteHe stood up for what was right. If the South would have won, the world would be a much better place today.
DeleteRomans did the same thing. To be forgotten is the worst faight of all.
ReplyDeleteYears ago the government recognized confederate veterans as American Veterans. So now we are removing veterans memorials?
ReplyDeleteTreason is the only crime defined in the Constitution. Article III, Section 3 defines treason against the United States as: “levying war against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.”
ReplyDeleteObviously, by leaving the U.S. Army and joining the Confederacy, Robert E. Lee (among others) was a traitor.
10:08 That was the wrong thing to do, they were traitors.
ReplyDeleteHow about tearing down Anything Obama.
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