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The twin buttes that give Bears Ears National Monument in Utah its name are sacred places to many Indigenous Tribes and Pueblos. T. Schofield, iStock via Getty Images

October 8, 2021

Biden restores protection for national monuments Trump shrank: 5 essential reads

Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation

The Biden administration is restoring full protection to three national monuments that President Trump sought to cut down drastically.

California and the Trump administration are going different directions on mileage standards. AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

August 2, 2018

Trump administration and California are on collision course over vehicle emissions rules

Meredith Hankins, University of California, Los Angeles and Nicholas Bryner, Louisiana State University

Law scholars from California unpack the legal questions raised by the Trump administration’s plan to roll back mileage standards and revoke California’s ability to set more stringent rules.

Rush hour on the Hollywood Freeway, Los Angeles, September 9, 2016. AP Photo/Richard Vogel

April 6, 2018

Why California gets to write its own auto emissions standards: 5 questions answered

Nicholas Bryner, Louisiana State University and Meredith Hankins, University of California, Los Angeles

Air pollution could be the next battleground between California and the Trump administration, which is reviewing the Golden State’s special legal authority to regulate tailpipe emissions.

Supporters of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments during a rally Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017 in Salt Lake City. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

December 5, 2017

President Trump’s national monument rollback is illegal and likely to be reversed in court

Nicholas Bryner, University of California, Los Angeles; Eric Biber, University of California, Berkeley; Mark Squillace, University of Colorado Boulder, and Sean B. Hecht, University of California, Los Angeles

President Trump signed an order on Dec. 4 to drastically reduce the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. Four legal experts explain why this action is likely to be reversed.

Bears Ears National Monument, Utah. Bob Wick, BLM/Flickr

April 28, 2017

National monuments: Presidents can create them, but only Congress can undo them

Nicholas Bryner, University of California, Los Angeles; Eric Biber, University of California, Berkeley; Mark Squillace, University of Colorado Boulder, and Sean B. Hecht, University of California, Los Angeles

President Trump has ordered a review of national monuments protected by his predecessors, and may try to abolish or shrink some. But four legal experts say that only Congress has that authority.

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