A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order to prevent the removal of a Confederate memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, after a lawsuit was filed by a group called Defend Arlington. The lawsuit claims the Army violated regulations in seeking a hasty removal of the memorial, and the restraining order will remain in effect until a hearing on the matter scheduled for January 6th. Work to remove the memorial had begun Monday before the restraining order was issued, but the memorial remains in place on cemetery grounds.