Since 2022, President Biden has used the Antiquities Act to create five national monuments, collectively spanning more than 1.5 million acres of federal land. While these proclamations are ostensibly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Over 730,000 people visit Colorado National Monument each year. It was established in 1911 under the Antiquities Act. Gordon ...

In 2021, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts made an extraordinary statement in response to a case called Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association v. Raimondo, which challenged presidential ...

This month, President Biden used his executive power to expand two national monuments in California: Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument and San Gabriel National Monument. Altogether, the ...

President Donald Trump’s administration appears poised to rescind some of the national monuments created by past presidents. The U.S. Department of Justice released a legal opinion on Tuesday, June 10 ...

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The Antiquities Act of 1906 gave Congress or the president the authority to establish national monuments on federal land as a means of protecting areas for ecological, cultural, historical, or ...

A monumental mess: The Antiquities Act is at risk In 2021, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts made an extraordinary statement in response to a case called Massachusetts Lobstermen’s ...