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Trump's DOJ takes aim at the Antiquities Act

Trump's DOJ takes aim at the Antiquities Act

Also: Cutting through the public land sell-off misinformation

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Somewhat lost among the hubbub over Republicans’ efforts to sell off and otherwise deface public lands was a legal opinion by the Trump administration’s Justice Department published on May 27. In it, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Lanora C. Pettit argues that a presi…

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