American Indian tribes suing President Donald Trump and the federal government for axing Bears Ears National Monument have filed a motion in opposition of the government’s intent to move the case to Utah.
After Trump’s Dec. 4 visit to Salt Lake City, where he announced the cutting of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, several tribes and conservation groups sued the president, saying the 1906 Antiquities Act gives him the power to create monuments, but not alter them.
On Wednesday, the five lawsuits were consolidated into two, one dealing with Bears Ears and the other with Grand Staircase.