Appeals court blocks Republicans’ bid to dismantle Grand Canyon national monument

By: Caitlin Sievers

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: April 1, 2026

Words: 1,086

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Arizona’s legislative leaders can’t dismantle a new national monument near the Grand Canyon that they claimed would harm both the state and local governments, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

In the memorandum ruling, a three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with a lower court ruling made more than a year ago. Both courts ruled that Republican legislative leaders lacked standing to bring the lawsuit because all …

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