· trump administration officials have concluded that president donald trump has the authority to entirely abolish protected areas set aside as national monuments by past presidents, according to a legal opinion released tuesday by the department of justice. · there is no legal precedent , and also disagreement on who might win a court challenge if he goes through with it. · the department issued a legal opinion this week that trump can shrink or eliminate national monuments , overturning a 1938 opinion saying presidents did not have the power to abolish them. Attorneys representing president donald trump s administration claim he has the power to dissolve national monuments established to safeguard historical and archaeological sites across vast. · a trump department of justice opinion says that presidents have the authority to revoke or shrink national monuments —bucking over 100 years of legal precedent. · trump administration officials have concluded that president donald trump has the authority to entirely abolish protected areas set aside as national monuments by past presidents, according. In a nutshell, the new 50-page opinion concludes a 1938 legal opinion by. · a justice department legal opinion released tuesday disavowed a 1938 determination that monuments created by previous presidents under the antiquities act cant be revoked.
