Earthjustice: Court Dismisses Utah Suits, Upholds Presidential Authority to Establish National Monuments
August 12, 2023
August 12, 2023
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 12 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2023:
A Utah federal judge today dismissed two lawsuits, led by the state of Utah, that attempted to undo President Biden's restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments and attacked the Antiquities Act as unlawful. In the ruling, District Judge David Nuffer emphasized that the Antiquities Act gives the president broad authority to designate national monument . . .
A Utah federal judge today dismissed two lawsuits, led by the state of Utah, that attempted to undo President Biden's restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments and attacked the Antiquities Act as unlawful. In the ruling, District Judge David Nuffer emphasized that the Antiquities Act gives the president broad authority to designate national monument . . .