Source: https://causeofaction.org/our-work/antiquities-act/
Timestamp: 2018-06-25 07:49:18
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Antiquities Act Archives - Cause of Action Institute
The Antiquities Act was intended to protect historic landmarks on federally controlled land by permitting the president to declare them as national monuments. Since September 2016, we have been investigating the use, misuse, and abuse of the Antiquities Act by recent presidential administrations. Records obtained by Cause of Action Institute and conversations with local stakeholders in multiple states have preliminarily confirmed the Antiquities Act is rife with abuse. Under this law, major decisions impacting vast public lands, natural resources, property rights, and livelihoods are left to the sole discretion of the president, who is not required to substantiate his designation in any meaningful. Unchecked discretion and lack of recourse to remedy overbroad declarations has resulted in clear misuse of the Antiquities Act.
Trump’s monument review is as secretive as Obama’s designations By Kara McKenna, counsel at Cause of Action Institute Presidential use of the Antiquities Act is ripe for abuse, as major decisions impacting vast public lands, natural resources, property rights, livelihoods and private industry are left to the sole discretion of the president. After […]
Media, News09/6/2017 Learn More
Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Designation: Some Stakeholders Are More Equal Than Others
We began our series of blog posts by examining the history, purpose, and limitations of the Antiquities Act of 1906, 54 U.S.C. §§ 320301 – 320303 (“Antiquities Act” or the “Act”) (here and here), followed by a discussion of how the Act fits within the variety of other frameworks for protecting […]
Media, Blog06/14/2017 Learn More
Antiquities Act Review – Bears Ears and Beyond
We recently began our series of blog posts examining the history, purpose, limitations, and the Trump administration’s review of the Antiquities Act of 1906, 54 U.S.C. §§ 320301 – 320303 (“Antiquities Act” or the “Act”). This week we discuss the status of President Trump’s Executive Order on the Review of Designations […]
Media, Blog06/7/2017 Learn More
High Seas and Misdirection: The Antiquities Act is not Among the Statutory Schemes that Govern U.S. Internal Waters, Oceans, and Coasts (Part 2)
Yesterday we provided a synopsis of certain statutory and regulatory schemes that govern America’s coastal and internal waters and reviewed the definitions of the jurisdictional zones that apply to United States’ waters. Today we continue our discussion of how the various schemes apply in the jurisdictional zones. SOURCE: U.S. Commission […]
Media, Blog05/23/2017 Learn More
High Seas and Misdirection: The Antiquities Act is not Among the Statutory Schemes that Govern U.S. Internal Waters, Oceans, and Coasts (Part 1)
Media, Blog05/22/2017 Learn More
What is the Antiquities Act? Short Answer: Depends Who You Ask (Part 2)
We recently began our series of blog posts examining the history, purpose, and limitations of the Antiquities Act of 1906, 54 U.S.C. §§ 320301 – 320303 (“Antiquities Act” or the “Act”). Today we continue discussing how the Act fits within the variety of other frameworks for protecting and using public lands. […]
Media, Blog05/16/2017 Learn More
What is the Antiquities Act? Short Answer: Depends Who You Ask (Part 1)
We recently began our series of blog posts examining the history, purpose, and limitations of the Antiquities Act of 1906, 54 U.S.C. §§ 320301 – 320303 (“Antiquities Act” or the “Act”). This week we discuss how the Act fits within the variety of other frameworks for protecting and using public lands. […]
Media, Blog05/15/2017 Learn More
ICYMI: John Vecchione Appears on Lars Larson Show
Department of Labor Denies FOIA Appeal After Nearly Four Years, and Unilaterally Narrows the Scope of the Request, Despite OGIS Intervention
The VA’s Acting Secretary Claimed He Has Authority Over the Agency’s Independent Watchdog. He’s Wrong.