Trump Administration: President Had Authority To Shrink National Monuments

Mealey's (May 27, 2020, 12:29 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration on May 22 filed a brief in District of Columbia federal court arguing that the president’s declaration reducing the size of two national monuments was a valid exercise of the power delegated to him under the Antiquities Act and that the case brought by environmental groups opposing the reduction should be dismissed (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])....