Justice Department memo confirms presidential authority to rescind national monument status on federal lands.
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CaliforniaDemocraticGov.GavinNewsomappearedtotakeapersonalaffronttotheTrumpadministrationconsideringtherescissionofnationalmonumentstatusfromtwonaturalareasintheGoldenStateenshrinedintoprotectionbyformerPresidentJoeBiden.
“Thisisjustgettingpetty.Growup,”NewsomsaidinresponsetonewsthatTrumpmightabolishtheChuckwallaandSattitlaHighlandsNationalMonuments,theformerofwhichisclosetotheextantJoshuaTreeNationalMonument.
“Ifit’sadayendinginY,it’sanotherdayofTrump’swaronCalifornia,”Newsom’sofficesaidinaseparateXpost.
TheTrumpJusticeDepartmentissuedamemorulingthatthepresident’spowerisreversiblebyfutureadministrationsandofferedexamplesofsimilaractions.
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ThatdecisionnullifiedformerAttorneyGeneralHomerCummings’1938assertionthatpresidentscouldnotabolishsuchareasofprotection.
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