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What does Biden’s national monuments decision mean for legal challenges to the Antiquities Act?

Utah is likely to challenge the restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in court. A legal scholar says such a case faces an “uphill battle.”

(Rick Bowmer | AP, pool) Utah Gov. Spencer Cox takes a selfie with Rep. Blake Moore, U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson and Sen. Mitt Romney during a tour by ancient dwellings along the Butler Wash trail at the Bears Ears National Monument Thursday, April 8, 2021, near Blanding.