Groups:  ‘No Credible Support’ For President Trump’s National Monument Reduction

(May 11, 2020, 8:04 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Environmental groups on April 13 filed a brief in District of Columbia federal court, contending that the Antiquities Act does not permit a president to “un-declare” objects of antiquity from being national monuments and that there is “no credible support” for the defendants’ efforts to “ignore the simple and clear statutory text and purpose and instead invent extensive new presidential powers” (The Wilderness Society, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., No. 17-2587, Grand Staircase Escalante Partners, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., No. 17-2591, D. D.C. [consolidated])....

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