Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Challenges Trump OK of Commercial Fishing in Atlantic Marine Monument
June 18, 2020
June 18, 2020
WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release:
A federal lawsuit filed says President Trump's June 5 executive order allowing commercial fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument was illegal. The lawsuit notes that the Antiquities Act allows presidents to create national monuments to protect objects of historic or scientific interest, but not to revoke protections.
The lawsuit was filed in . . .
A federal lawsuit filed says President Trump's June 5 executive order allowing commercial fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument was illegal. The lawsuit notes that the Antiquities Act allows presidents to create national monuments to protect objects of historic or scientific interest, but not to revoke protections.
The lawsuit was filed in . . .