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National monuments: Presidents can create them, but only Congress can undo them

  • Written by Nicholas Bryner, Emmett/Frankel Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy, University of California, Los Angeles
imageBears Ears National Monument, Utah.Bob Wick, BLM/Flickr, CC BY

On April 26 President Trump issued an executive order calling for a review of national monuments designated under the Antiquities Act. This law authorizes presidents to set aside federal lands in order to protect “historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other...

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