Trump Administration Ordered to Restore George Washington Slavery Exhibit
Monitor for pattern: if administration repeatedly defies court orders on cultural/historical matters, escalate to List B (strategic distraction). Single incident with immediate judicial correction and narrow impact remains noise despite culture war framing.
A-score: Rule of law (3) for executive defiance of exhibit requirements, separation of powers (4) for judicial correction of executive overreach, civil rights (2) for historical narrative suppression affecting racial understanding, capture (1) for ideological control of public history. Norm erosion only mechanism reduces modifier to 0.7. Federal scope but narrow population (museum visitors) yields 0.85 scope modifier. Severity reduced (0.9/0.85/0.95) as court immediately corrected, exhibit restorable, limited precedent given swift judicial response. Final: 11.3. B-score: High outrage bait (7) and media friendliness (8) for culture war symbolism around slavery/founding fathers. Layer 2 shows mismatch (6) between action scale and coverage, narrative pivot (7) into broader culture war debates. Intentionality moderate (8) - symbolic culture war target but actual impact minimal. Final: 19.0. Classification: Both scores below 25 threshold. Mechanism is norm_erosion_only with no structural damage. Court immediately corrected action, limiting constitutional harm. Narrow population affected. Qualifies as Noise despite moderate hype.