Travel Ban, Bears Ears and other Monuments

Missoulian:  Sessions says travel ban needed for security

Statement by Attorney General Jeff Sessions on the Ninth Circuit Decision

Missoulian: Trump travel ban dealt another blow as appeals court rules

STATE OF HAWAII V. DONALD TRUMP

“But immigration, even for the President, is not a one-person show. The President’s authority is subject to certain statutory and constitutional restraints. We conclude that the President, in issuing the Executive Order, exceeded the scope of the authority delegated to him by Congress. In suspending the entry of more than 180 million nationals from six countries, suspending the entry of all refugees, and reducing the cap on the admission of refugees from 110,000 to 50,000 for the 2017 fiscal year, the President did not meet the essential precondition to exercising his delegated authority: The President must make a sufficient finding that the entry of these classes of people would be “detrimental to the interests of the United States.”

Missoulian: Zinke suggests reducing Bears Ears National Monument
Secretary Zinke Submits 45-Day Interim Report on Bears Ears National Monument and Extends Public Comment Period

Review of Certain National Monuments Established Since 1996; Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment