{"id":10646,"date":"2017-12-05T01:30:41","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T01:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/?p=10646"},"modified":"2017-12-06T01:37:13","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T01:37:13","slug":"president-trumps-national-monument-rollback-is-illegal-and-likely-to-be-reversed-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/president-trumps-national-monument-rollback-is-illegal-and-likely-to-be-reversed-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"President Trump’s national monument rollback is illegal and likely to be reversed in court"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nicholas Bryner<\/a>, University of California, Los Angeles<\/a><\/em>; Eric Biber<\/a>, University of California, Berkeley<\/a><\/em>; Mark Squillace<\/a>, University of Colorado<\/a><\/em>, and Sean B. Hecht<\/a>, University of California, Los Angeles<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

On Dec. 4, President Trump traveled to Utah to sign proclamations downsizing Bears Ears National Monument<\/a> by 85 percent and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument<\/a> by nearly 50 percent. \u201c[S]ome people think that the natural resources of Utah should be controlled by a small handful of very distant bureaucrats located in Washington,\u201d Trump said<\/a>. \u201cAnd guess what? They\u2019re wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Native American tribes<\/a> and environmental organizations<\/a> have already filed lawsuits challenging Trump\u2019s action. In our analysis<\/a> as environmental and natural resources law scholars, the president\u2019s action is illegal and will likely be overturned in court. <\/p>\n

Contests over land use<\/h2>\n

Since 1906 the Antiquities Act<\/a> has given presidents the authority to set aside federal lands in order to protect \u201chistoric landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest.\u201d<\/p>\n

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