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Judge: President Petersen, Ben Toma lack standing in national monument suit
A federal judge has tossed out a bid by Republican state lawmakers to overturn the designation of nearly a million acres of federal land near the Grand Canyon that the Biden administration had dedicated as a national monument.
GOP leaders prepare to sue Biden over monument lawÂ
Republican lawmakers are following in Donald Trump’s footsteps, questioning the constitutionality of an old law President Joe Biden is using to expand national monument protections.  Â
Biden makes Grand Canyon monument designation, citing Arizona tribal heritage, climate concerns
Declaring it good "not only for Arizona but for the planet," President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a national monument designation for the greater Grand Canyon, turning the decades-long visions of Native American tribes and environmentalists into reality.
