US EditionJustice Department says Trump can undo monument designations
- On June 10, the Department of Justice issued an opinion affirming that President Trump possesses the power to rescind national monument designations.
- This opinion contradicts an 87-year-long interpretation of the Antiquities Act that presidents cannot remove monument protections, which had been upheld since 1938.
- Trump previously reduced the size of Utah's Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments, actions later reversed by Biden, who also designated 10 new monuments including Camp Hale.
- Legal expert Mark Squillace agrees the 1938 opinion applies but expects challenges if Trump attempts to rescind monuments, while a poll shows 92% in Colorado support existing designations.
- The new DOJ opinion could lead to the removal of protections on millions of acres, signaling a shift favoring development over conservation but facing political and legal opposition.
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Trump given power to rescind national monument designations, including nine in Colorado
President Donald Trump’s administration appears poised to rescind some of the national monuments created by past presidents. The U.S. Department of Justice released a legal opinion on Tuesday, June 10, stating that Trump has the authority to do so, contradicting how the department has interpreted the Antiquities Act for 87 years. The Antiquities Act of 1906 grants United States presidents the authority to create national monuments to protect h…
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Justice Department says Trump has power to rescind national monument designations
President Donald Trump’s administration appears poised to rescind some of the national monuments created by past presidents. The U.S. Department of Justice released a legal opinion on Tuesday, June 10, stating that Trump has the authority to do so, contradicting how the department has interpreted the Antiquities Act for 87 years. The Antiquities Act of 1906 grants United States presidents the authority to create national monuments to protect h…
Justice Department says Trump can undo monument designations
The president has broad legal authority to fully revoke national monument designations, the Justice Department says in a memorandum that could become the basis to withdraw millions of acres from protected status. The department’s Office of Legal Counsel disavowed a 1938 DOJ determination that presidents can’t revoke a monument designation by a predecessor under the 1906 law known as the Antiquities Act. The May 27 memo, made public last week, n…
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1330 & 95.5 WFIN‘Grow up’: Newsom slams Trump after DOJ rules it can strip Biden-era protections from CA lands
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom appeared to take a personal affront to the Trump administration considering the rescission of national monument status from two natural areas in the Golden State enshrined into protection by former President Joe Biden. “This is just getting petty. Grow up,” Newsom said in response to news that Trump might abolish the Chuckwalla and Sattitla Highlands National Mon…
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