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Filed a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) HOPI TRIBE, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) Case No. 1:17-cv-2590 (TSC) ) v. ) ) DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) UTAH DINÉ BIKÉYAH, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) Case No. 1:17-cv-2605 (TSC) ) v. ) ) DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE ) COUNCIL, INC., et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) Case No. 1:17-cv-2606 (TSC) ) v. ) ) DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., ) )CONSOLIDATED CASES Defendants. ) ) ) AMERICAN FARM BUREAU ) FEDERATION, et al., ) ) Defendants-Intervenors. ) ) TRIBAL PLAINTIFFS’ MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT Table of Contents TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ........................................................................................................... i INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................1 BACKGROUND .............................................................................................................................3 I. Bears Ears: Home Since Time Immemorial .........................................................................3 II. Establishment of the Bears Ears National Monument .........................................................7 III. Revocation of the Bears Ears National Monument and the Bears Ears Commission .........8 STANDARD OF REVIEW ...........................................................................................................10 STANDING ..................................................................................................................................10 I. The Tribes have Article III Standing ............................................................................10 A. The Trump Proclamation Has Injured the Tribes Directly as Sovereign Entities by Abrogating Their Right to Participate on a Government-to-Government Basis in the Management of All Lands Within the Original Monument Boundaries through the Bears Ears Commission ...................................................................................11 B. The Trump Proclamation Has Injured the Tribes Directly in their Organizational Capacities, as Entities Committed to Protecting the Religious, Cultural, and Historic Lands and Patrimony Left Exposed by the Proclamation ........................16 C. The Tribe’s Injuries are Traceable to the Defendants’ Conduct, and Redressable by this Court ...........................................................................................................21 II. Plaintiffs’ Claims are Ripe ...........................................................................................22 ARGUMENT .................................................................................................................................23 I. The President Has Violated the Antiquities Act ...........................................................23 A. The President has No Authority to Revoke the Monument Status of Objects Designated as Part of the Bears Ears National Monument ....................................23 B. The Antiquities Act Does Not Delegate Authority to President Trump to Revoke the Monument Status of Objects Designated as Part of the Bears Ears National Monument or to Remove Virtually All of the Lands Reserved as Part of It .........24 i 1. The text of the Antiquities Act does not authorize the President’s action .......................................................................................................25 2. The President’s claimed powers contravene the protective purposes of the Antiquities Act ..................................................................................25 3. In contrast to the Antiquities Act, other contemporaneous public lands statutes expressly authorized the President to revoke and modify reservations and withdrawals ..................................................................29 4. Subsequent legislation demonstrates that Congress retained for itself authority over National Monuments after they are established ..............34 5. The President has not acquired Antiquities Act authority to revoke and modify the Bears Ears National Monument through Congressional acquiescence ...........................................................................................37 II. To Avoid a Constitutional Question, the Antiquities Act Should Not Be Construed to Delegate the Unfettered Power over National Monuments that President Trump Has Claimed. .......................................................................................................................38 III. The President Has Violated the Separation of Powers Doctrine ..................................42 CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................43 ii Table of Authorities Cases Alaska v. United States, 545 U.S. 75 (2005) ..................................................................................23 Amoco Prod. Co. v. S. Ute Indian Tribe, 526 U.S. 865, 877 (1999) ..............................................30 Am. Soc’y For Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v. Feld Entm’t, 659 F.3d 13 (D.C. Cir. 2011) ...16 Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, 477 U.S. 242 (1986) ...........................................................................10 Ariz. State Leg. v. Arizona Indep. Redistricting Comm'n, 135 S. Ct. 2652 (2015) ........................15 Ark Initiative v. Tidwell, 64 F. Supp. 3d 81 (D.D.C. 2014) ...................................................... 41-42 Bell Atl. Tel. Cos. v. FCC, 131 F.3d 1044 (D.C. Cir. 1997) ...........................................................24 Cappaert v. United States, 426 U.S. 128 (1976) ............................................................................21 City & Cty. of S.F. v. Trump, 897 F.3d 1225 (9th Cir. 2018) ..........................................................42 Clinton v. N.Y.C., 524 U.S. 417 (1998) ..........................................................................................42 Dalton v. Specter, 511 U.S. 462 (1994) .........................................................................................24 Dames & Moore v. Regan, 453 U.S. 654 (1981) ...........................................................................24 Davis v. Mich. Dep’t of Treasury, 489 U.S. 803 (1989) .................................................................25 Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. v. Fla. Gulf Coast Bldg. & Const. Trades Council, 485 U.S. 568 (1988) ...........................................................................................................40 Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Envtl. Servs., Inc., 528 U.S. 167 (2000) .............................10 Great N. Ry. Co. v. United States, 315 U.S. 262 (1942) ................................................................30 Greater Yellowstone Coalition v. Bosworth, 209 F. Supp. 2d 156 (D.D.C. 2002) .........................25 Havasupai Tribe v. Provencio, No. 15-15754, 2018 WL 5289028 (9th Cir. Oct. 25, 2018) .........18 Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman, 455 U.S. 363 (1982) ................................................................20 Hunt v. Wash. State Apple Advert. Comm'n, 432 U.S. 333 (1977) .................................................12 iii I.N.S. v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919 (1983) ...........................................................................................42 Jett v. Dallas Indep. Sch. Dist., 491 U.S. 701 (1989) ....................................................................34 J.W. Hampton, Jr., & Co. v. United States, 276 U.S. 394 (1928) ...................................................39 Kazarian v. Citizenship & Immigration Servs., 596 F.3d 1115 (9th Cir. 2010) .............................42 Kokoska v. Belford, 417 U.S. 642 (1974) .......................................................................................30 Lujan v. Defs. of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555 (1992) .......................................................................10, 21 Massachusetts v. EPA, 549 U.S. 497 (2007) ............................................................................12, 16 Mashantucket Pequot Tribe v. Town of Ledyard, 722 F.3d 457 (2d Cir. 2013) ........................12, 16 Mass. Lobstermen’s Ass’n v. Ross, No. 17-406, 2018 WL 4853901 (D.D.C. Oct. 5, 2018) ..........21 Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Fla. v. Fla. State Athletic Comm’n, 226 F.3d 1226 (11th Cir. 2000) ..................................................................................................................15 Misretta v. United States, 488 U.S. 361 (1989) .............................................................................40 Mountain States Legal Found. v. Bush, 306 F.3d 1132 (D.C. Cir 2002) .................................21, 41 Nat’l Ass’n of Home Builders v. U.S. Army Corps of Eng’rs, 417 F.3d 1272 (D.C. Cir. 2005) .........................................................................................10 Nat’l Mining Ass’n v. Fowler, 324 F.3d 752 (D.C. Cir. 2003) .......................................................10 Ohio Forestry Ass’n v. Sierra Club, 523 U.S. 726 (1998) .............................................................22 Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians v. N.Y. State Dept. of Fin. Servs., 974 F. Supp. 2d 353 (S.D.N.Y. 2013) ...............................................................................12 PDK Labs. Inc. v. U.S. Drug Enf’t Admin., 362 F.3d 786 (D.C. Cir. 2004)...................................26
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