Ancestral Footprints Monument Lawsuits Should Be Tossed, US Says

The Biden administration urged a federal court to dismiss cases from Republicans in the Arizona State Legislature and a rancher challenging the president’s decision to designate a national monument on almost 1 million acres of public lands near the Grand Canyon.

The decision hasn’t caused a cognizable injury that the court can redress, so the cases should be dismissed, the federal government told the US District Court for the District of Arizona on Monday.

President Joe Biden in August issued a proclamation establishing the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni—Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument under the Antiquities Act, which ...