President Biden’s National Monument Reservations Were ‘Unlawful,’ Utah Says

Mealey's (January 30, 2023, 2:31 PM EST) -- SALT LAKE CITY — The state of Utah and two municipalities have filed an amended complaint in their lawsuit against the Biden administration over the dimensions of two national monuments, the boundaries of which have potential implications for hydraulic fracturing and have been disputed across multiple presidential administrations.  The plaintiffs argue that the Antiquities Act “never contemplates ‘monuments’ double the size of Delaware.”...