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Coloring Outside The Lines: A Response To Professor Seamon’S Dismantling Monuments, Hope M. Babcock Jan 2018

Coloring Outside The Lines: A Response To Professor Seamon’S Dismantling Monuments, Hope M. Babcock

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

In Dismantling Monuments, Professor Richard H. Seamon defends President Donald Trump’s recent proclamations modifying the boundaries of two national monuments, Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears, that Presidents Clinton and Obama each designated at the ends of their Administrations. Professor Seamon is not alone in making these arguments, as I am not alone in saying that Professor Seamon’s arguments, while well-intentioned, are wrong. He exaggerates the persuasive power of congressional silence. He elevates the importance of the statute’s original intent. Professor Seamon and I read the text and legislative history of the Antiquities Act differently—he sees unlimited presidential power, I …


Brief Of Amici Curiae Members Of Congress In Support Of Respondents, Coeur Alaska, Inc. V. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, Nos. 07-984 & 07-990 (U.S. Nov. 14, 2008), Kathryn A. Sabbeth, David C. Vladeck Nov 2008

Brief Of Amici Curiae Members Of Congress In Support Of Respondents, Coeur Alaska, Inc. V. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, Nos. 07-984 & 07-990 (U.S. Nov. 14, 2008), Kathryn A. Sabbeth, David C. Vladeck

U.S. Supreme Court Briefs

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Brief For Respondents Riverkeeper, Inc., Entergy Corporation V. Environmental Protection Agency V. Riverkeeper, Nos. 07-588, 07-589 & 07-597 (U.S. Sept. 29, 2008), Richard J. Lazarus Sep 2008

Brief For Respondents Riverkeeper, Inc., Entergy Corporation V. Environmental Protection Agency V. Riverkeeper, Nos. 07-588, 07-589 & 07-597 (U.S. Sept. 29, 2008), Richard J. Lazarus

U.S. Supreme Court Briefs

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Massachusetts V. U.S. Epa Part Ii: Implications Of The Supreme Court Decision: Hearing Before The H. Select Comm. On Energy Independence And Global Warming, 110th Cong., Mar. 13, 2008 (Statement Of Professor Lisa Heinzerling, Geo. U. L. Center), Lisa Heinzerling Mar 2008

Massachusetts V. U.S. Epa Part Ii: Implications Of The Supreme Court Decision: Hearing Before The H. Select Comm. On Energy Independence And Global Warming, 110th Cong., Mar. 13, 2008 (Statement Of Professor Lisa Heinzerling, Geo. U. L. Center), Lisa Heinzerling

Testimony Before Congress

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Brief For Respondents Massachusetts And New Jersey, American Trucking Associations, Inc. V. Browner, Nos. 99-1257 & 99-1426 (U.S. Sep. 11, 2000), Lisa Heinzerling, Richard J. Lazarus Sep 2000

Brief For Respondents Massachusetts And New Jersey, American Trucking Associations, Inc. V. Browner, Nos. 99-1257 & 99-1426 (U.S. Sep. 11, 2000), Lisa Heinzerling, Richard J. Lazarus

U.S. Supreme Court Briefs

No abstract provided.