A federal judge on Monday dismissed the Arizona State Legislature’s lawsuit challenging a large national monument surrounding the Grand Canyon which former President Joe Biden created in 2023 using the Antiquities Act.
The Arizona State Legislature doesn’t have standing to sue, and the US District Court for the District of Arizona has no subject matter jurisdiction over the case, Judge
The lawmakers claimed in their lawsuit that Biden’s creation of Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument harmed their jurisdiction over state trust lands ...