Trump Administration: National Monument Reduction Cases Should Be Transferred

(March 9, 2018, 10:06 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration on Feb. 15 filed a brief in District of Columbia federal court arguing that two consolidated cases alleging that the administration’s decision to shrink the boundaries of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is “unconstitutional, unlawful, and unauthorized” should be transferred to Utah federal court (Grand Staircase Escalante Partners, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., No. 17-2591, D. D.C., The Wilderness Society, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., No. 17-2587, D. D.C. [consolidated])....

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