Court Dismisses Utah Suits, Upholds Presidential Authority to Establish National Monuments
August 12, 2023
August 12, 2023
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 12 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2023:
A federal judge today dismissed two lawsuits filed 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 today's ruling, U.S. District Judge David Nuffer emphasized that the Antiquities Act gives the president b . . .
A federal judge today dismissed two lawsuits filed 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 today's ruling, U.S. District Judge David Nuffer emphasized that the Antiquities Act gives the president b . . .