Trump’s Department of Justice just released an opinion stating that the Antiquities Act gives presidents the power to shrink or eliminate national monuments at will. But what does that mean, for example, if Trump tries to undo Chuckwalla National Monument or shrink Bears Ears? Will this DOJ opinion stand up in court? We put those questions and more to John Leshy, professor at UC Law and former Solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior under President Clinton.

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DOJ finds Trump can abolish areas protected as national monuments – Washington Post

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Hosts: Kate Groetzinger & Aaron Weiss

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Music: Purple Planet

Featured image: Bears Ears National Monument – Indian Creek; Photo by Bob Wick, BLM

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