Of National Monuments and Men: Organs Mountain-Desert Peaks and President Obama’s Use of the Antiquities Act
Vermont Law
JUNE 16, 2014
Summary: President Obama recently declared the Organs Mountain-Desert Peaks as a national monument only months after the House of Representatives passed a bill that would curtail his authority to do so under the Antiquities Act. In order to appease critics of broad executive authority, President Obama must use the Antiquities Act in a manner that does more for local communities than simply place nearby public lands under increased federal regulation. _.
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