Judge Dismisses Challenge to Biden’s Restoration of Monuments Shrunk by Trump

President Joe Biden lawfully reversed a decision of former President Donald Trump relating to national monuments in Utah, a U.S. judge ruled on Aug. 11.

A woman hikes in the Bears Ears National Monument outside Blanding, Utah, on May 12, 2017. George Frey/Getty Images

President Joe Biden’s decision to reverse the reduction of national monuments by former President Donald Trump was upheld by a federal judge on Aug. 11.

President Biden’s decision to enlarge the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments isn’t reviewable because plaintiffs didn’t obtain the necessary paperwork, U.S. District Judge David Nuffer, appointed by President Barack Obama, said in a 28-page ruling.