Court dismisses challenge to Biden's restoration of Utah monuments shrunk by Trump
Source: Associated Press
Court dismisses challenge to Biden’s restoration of Utah monuments shrunk by Trump
BY MATTHEW BROWN
Updated 7:27 PM EDT, August 11, 2023
A judge Friday dismissed a lawsuit from the state of Utah challenging President Joe Biden’s restoration of two sprawling national monuments in the state that were downsized by President Donald Trump.
U.S. District Judge David Nuffer said Biden acted within his authority when he issued proclamations restoring Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in 2021. The monuments are on land sacred to many Native Americans.
Nuffer said Biden could issue such proclamations creating monuments “as he sees fit” and those actions were not reviewable by the court.
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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and the office of Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes said the state would begin work immediately on an appeal. The Republican governor predicted that the issue would ultimately be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/biden-bears-ears-lawsuit-dismissed-0e3e0805ba3fe5756c32a944bd7d29bb
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of the POTUS that came before them like this. Seems a bit untenable as a system if they can 
Also, I think land protection decisions like this should be made on corporeal grounds ... preservation of watersheds, native plants/animals (esp endangered ones), ecology of the region, etc ... as opposed to being based on magical spirits and such, but that's probably just me.
