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Trump just got OK to shrink (or abolish) national monuments
If presidents can establish a national monument under the Antiquities Act, they can also remove them, Justice Dept. says in a ...
Justice Department says Trump can undo national monuments; California areas could be on list
Trump officials say presidents can abolish monuments created by predecessors, and California's newest ones — Chuckwalla and ...
Trump can revoke national monument designations, Justice Department says
President Donald Trump has broad authority to revoke protected land designated as national monuments by past presidents, the ...
Justice Department says Trump can abolish national monuments
The opinion comes as the Interior Department seeks to scale back the land of six national monuments to make more land ...
DOJ to Trump: Scrap Chuckwalla and other monuments if you want
The legal opinion upends a 1938 document used by presidents of both parties. But it's still unclear if he'll tear up popular ...
National Parks Are Told to Delete Content That ‘Disparages Americans’
Internal documents reviewed by The New York Times say that “negative” information at parks and other national site must be ...
National monuments have grown and shrunk under US presidents for over a century thanks to one law – the Antiquities Act
The Antiquities Act of 1906, signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt, gave Congress or the president the authority to establish national monuments on federal land as a means of protecting ...